Senators sound defense budget alarm in North Vegas
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) -- A trio of Republican senators sounded the alarm over billions of dollars' worth of "catastrophic" and "draconian" military budget cuts set to take effect in January, telling an audience Monday that more time was needed for negotiations.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, South Carolina's Lindsey Graham and New Hampshire's Kelly Ayotte visited Nellis Air Force Base before taking their multi-state "Preserving America's Strength" town hall tour to a nearby community college Monday afternoon. The tour is focusing on a planned budget sequester that would impose $110 billion in federal spending cuts on Jan. 2.
"It would undermine our national security for generations, and the world has not become a safer place," Ayotte said, citing threats from Iran and elsewhere. "This is not a time for us to reduce our forces."
Sequestration is a series of automatic, across-the-board federal cuts that will take effect if Congress doesn't reach a budget solution in the next few months. First year cuts are split evenly between defense and domestic programs.
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The Republicans agreed to these spending cuts. They want defense spending and low taxes. Absolutely no compromise from them.
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