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If the Pentagon truly confined itself to providing defense, then presumably we wouldn't need a whole separate government agency to provide 'Homeland Security.'

— Timothy Noah

Defense is not like other discretionary spending.

— Robert M. Gates

Right now we have a $600-billion or so Defense Department budget, but when you add in, for example, a trillion-dollar nuclear weapons program over…

— Jill Stein

We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.

— Michael Bloomberg

“Mueller and Stewart estimate that expenditures on domestic homeland security (i.e., not counting the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan) have increased by more than…

— Glenn Greenwald

We cannot allow anything that's called 'national defense' to justify any and all spending. We need to be very, very careful that we don't…

— Grover Norquist

Current levels of Pentagon spending may not be able to support current defense strategy. The answer to this problem is right before our eyes:…

— William Hartung

The reality is, the United States has global interests. Our defense budget is about the same as the defense budgets or military budgets of…

— Robert M. Gates

Homeland defense doesn't generate any force requirements beyond having enough National Guard to save lives in natural disasters and to baby-sit nuclear power plants…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide…

— Warren Rudman

Do not compromise on national security for purely budgetary reasons. The world is dangerous, and we must always be prepared for anything that might…

— Sanford Bishop

The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation…

— Tom Ridge