Issue Position: National Defense

Issue Position

One of the most important duties of government is public safety and national defense. As a former Marine Corps Intelligence Officer, and as a current member of the House Armed Services Committee, I take this duty very seriously. At a time when fiscal resources are scarce, we must remain especially vigilant in ensuring that our men and women in uniform have the tools necessary to do their jobs at home and overseas. We must also be careful not to spread them too thin or ask them to do more than they can handle. There are cost-savings to be found in the Department of Defense, and we should responsibly look for them. But those savings should never come at the expense of making America less safe, or making our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines less equipped and less prepared to carry out their missions. We should also make sure that as we deal with situations around the globe, we are relying on all the instruments of national power at our disposal, and not just on our military might.

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