Reply #134: I'm not. Would you rather Pres. Obama not have publicly defended the neediest amongst us? [View All]

[ClarkUSA]

Would you rather President Obama not have publicly called out Republicans while standing up for liberal Democratic principles?

I am glad he did both and so should ever liberal Democrat who wants this President to succeed.

As for your quotes, here's what the article also said:

Still, a flat overall budget will require choices, largely because troops' pay and medical costs are growing faster than inflation. That will likely require more cuts to force structure, doing a better job of keeping weapons programs on time and budget, and a yet more intense effort to find efficiencies, Adams said... senior Pentagon officials from Defense Secretary Robert Gates on down portrayed the years to come in much starker terms.

"The secretary believes that this process must be about managing risk associated with future threats and national security challenges, and identifying missions that the country is willing to have the military forgo," Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said April 13.

Marine Corps Gen. James Cart-wright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told an audience at a space conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., that finding the money will be tough.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6263614

It's easy to point fingers and move the goalpost but I don't recall the last time a Democratic President wanted this much of a cut to the DoD budget during a time of war.