Our country, the United States of America, may be the world's largest economy and the world's only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin by taking on commitments like Iraq with only a motley band of allies to share the… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the United Kingdom as a paying, fully participating partner. — John Spratt Copy Share Image
And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction, and do… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
As costs mount, in lives and dollars, it is natural to second guess, but one lesson I hope we have learned is that the… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding;… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
Our country, the United States of America, may be the world's largest economy and the world's only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
I am not disputing the need for this money. What I am disputing and calling attention to is the fact that we are taking… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was running a… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
What we are effectively doing, I say this to the young people of America whom my colleagues represent, is leaving our children and grandchildren… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at 2 to 3 percent a year. He says we… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
