Jul 7, 2016 ... STEPHEN STROMBERG, EDITORIAL WRITER: So what spending precisely  would you eliminate to achieve your twin goals of cutting taxes and balancing the  budget? JOHNSON: Well, let's talk specifically about the Pentagon itself, which  says we could reduce twenty percent of US bases. That's the ...
Aug 1, 2016 ... The Pentagon itself says we could reduce bases domestically by 20%. That's  what the Pentagon itself is saying. Well, that isn't happening because  congressmen and congresswomen stand up for bases in their own states. And I  think 50% of the bases abroad could be eliminated also. But we would propose ...
Apr 15, 2016 ... This story, originally published at 12:59 p.m., was updated to include comments  from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry.
Apr 11, 2017 ... For- for today's briefing, we're joined by Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and  General Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command in Tampa, ...  VOTEL: I would just say that as a Central Command commander, I'm very  confident that we can respond to any directions or orders that the secretary or the  ...
Mar 2, 2016 ... “I'm gonna build a military that's gonna be much stronger than it is right now,” the  real- estate-mogul-turned-tautological-demagogue said on Meet the Press. “It's  gonna be so strong, nobody's gonna mess with us. But you know what? We can  do it for a lot less.” He's right. U.S. military spending is out of ...
The Pentagon itself says that we could eliminate 20 percent of U.S. bases.