Approach Quote by Stephen Harper

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

— Rand Paul

Defense is not like other discretionary spending.

— Robert M. Gates

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

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

I will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars, which is a combination of the budget cuts Barack Obama has, as well…

— Mitt Romney

Ultimately, my proposal isn't intended to increase or decrease the amount of federal spending spent on antipoverty programs.

— Marco Rubio

I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of these goals.

— Marty Meehan

Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.

— Johnny Isakson

But you have to have a vision of what kind of military you are trying to build in order to get the [budget] cuts…

— Jessica Mathews

I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off…

— Barack Obama

Whenever people in Washington complain about spending cuts, they mean spending cuts that would affect defense contractors. They want to massively increase spending cuts…

— Cenk Uygur

When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.

— Leon Panetta