How is Gingrich putting all those people in the military, when..
The Pentagon proposed budget cuts on Thursday that would slash the size of the U.S. military by eliminating thousands of jobs, mothballing ships and trimming air squadrons in an effort to shift strategic direction and reduce spending by $487 billion over a decade.
The funding request, which includes painful cuts for many states, sets the stage for a new struggle between President Barack Obama’s administration and Congress over how much the Pentagon should spend on national security as the country tries to curb trillion-dollar budget deficits.
US Army chief ‘comfortable’ with smaller force as Pentagon prepares cuts
Make no mistake, the savings we are proposing will impact all 50 states and many districts across America,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told a news conference at the Pentagon. “This will be a test of whether reducing the deficit is about talk or action.”
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/26/10244240-panetta-military-cuts-to-hit-all-50-states
The immigration debate is unimportant until after SOMEONE builds a secure, patrolled fence.
Let’s get that done, because opponents of the fence keep using the amnesty debate to get conservatives fighting one another, and that blows up plans to get the fence built.
This nation cannot defend itself with 6 Army divisions (the equiv of 32 combat brigades - inf, arm, arty, avn, eng).
If Newt is the nominee and doesn’t win, it doesn’t matter what we think about illegals one way or the other.
If Newt wins, then he’ll end or reverse the Army drawdown.
We could have the military institute an illegal alien quota...