Budget Quote by Ronan Farrow

“The Department of Defense is the largest, most complex organization on the planet: three million people, civilian and military, with a budget, the last…

— Robert M. Gates

I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a…

— Robert M. Gates

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

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

— Jim Talent

During the cold war, it was easy for the Pentagon to justify its budget, as the Soviets essentially sized our forces for us. We…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

I am confident that President Trump's administration is capable of making the Pentagon run at maximum efficiency and enacting procurement reforms that will get…

— Luther Strange

President Trump has made rebuilding our military strength one of his top priorities. More money is certainly required, but so is reform of the…

— Mac Thornberry

“The scale of U.S. military operations is remarkable. The U.S. Department of Defense has (as of a 2014 inventory) 4,855 military facilities, of which…

— Jeffrey D. Sachs

Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one.

— Bill Ayers

“And every year the Pentagon bite of the federal dollar got bigger and bigger. In Reagan’s eight years in office, military expenditure doubled from…

— Rachel Maddow

OK, so $1 trillion is what it costs to run the federal government for one year. So this money's going to run through September…

— Susan Davis

If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer