Budgeting for America's National Security

by Committee on the Budget House of Representatives

Today's hearing on the strategic choices we face in budgeting for our national security. I want to thank my colleague Mr. Van Hollen for requesting this hearing. We may differ over the appropriate level of defense spending, but we stand united in our commitment to America's security and a strategy-based debate when it comes to funding our military. Indiscriminate cuts in defense spending that are budget-driven, and not strategy-driven, are dangerous to Americans here at home and to America's interest in the world. Former Defense Secretary Gates put it quite well when he said, “That is math not strategy.”

66 pages, Paperback

Published June 16, 2012