Posted on 05/10/2007 4:30:08 PM PDT by pissant
Congress is expected to pass legislation in September that will provide $70 billion in emergency funding for combat readiness and replenishment of the military's war-damaged equipment, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-El Cajon, said yesterday.
The amount would be $20 billion more than the initial allotment in the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act, said Hunter, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
In recent weeks, senior commanders for the Marine Corps and Army have testified before Congress that they need about $30 billion to restore their ground, air and communications equipment to levels before the Iraq war. On Tuesday, two think tanks issued a report that largely confirmed the commanders' statements.
“We are going to pay every dime identified (for equipment) by the Marine Corps and Army,” Hunter said. “In a shooting war, there is no substitute for unit readiness.”
Hunter’s “pork” turns out to be red meat PING
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Who is gonna mederate the May 15 debate? Brit? If it’s Shep, I’m going to puke.
Warriors who know the art of war understand the symbiotic relationship to logistics required for victory. Duncan gets it and applies leadership to support the forces in the field. No nonsense leadership in action.
RLTW
..from Fox News website
Bump’n Duncan!
Thanks, pissant. You are amazing!
How dare he! Adding wasteful “pork” like equipment for the USMC to bill for bridges and entitlements!
PING
Thanks. And thank goodness.
Great article, pissant—————Hunter has it all, he just needs some exposure, yesterday. I wrote his office and suggested he draft legislation to crack down on sanctuary cities.Deny them Federal funding and prosecute those who will not enforce our laws. It would certainly generate some interest and provide some exposure. I am no longer going to participate in “Fred Fantasy Threads”. Whether we like it or not, the fight is now and Duncan Hunter is in it! Patience ceases to be a virtue when that which is anticipated already exists in greater measure.
Even if Fred gets in, and I would welcome the addition of another conservative, Hunter deserves the exposure.
put me on the DH ping list, thanx!
Sweet.
Brit Hume will moderate the debate. Chris Wallace and Wendell Goler will pose questions to the candidates.
I’ve looked for a long time to try to find something to dismiss Hunter over. I just can’t find it. I always find just the opposite.
What a HUGE step up in class for the moderating team. LOL
He's right. There are plants from Ventura to San Diego to Arizona and Texas that can build the aerospace/microwave equipment needed. My place also builds things for France, Brazil, Italy and Japan because they have lost capability or the skill set.
I try to tell folks to get into microwave engineering. Everything learned there can be applied to other things like physical/mechanical.
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