Able Quote by William Hartung

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

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

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 Pentagon needs precious resources to build the strength of America, and we can't say, 'this is really important to this community, and it's…

— John Kasich

The 'defense' budget is three quarters of a trillion dollars. Profits went up last year well over 25%. I guarantee you: when war becomes…

— Chalmers Johnson

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

You're not hearing people like Madeleine Albright argue that the budget of the State Department should be as large as the Defense Department. The…

— Ronan Farrow

After a decade of war you have this Pentagon-military apparatus run amok using resources that they shouldn't be to try to manipulate U.S. public…

— Michael Hastings

Cuts to defense budgets are already underway...there is now a lot of emphasis starting with the President that we have to build up our…

— James F. Hoge Jr

While I wholeheartedly support finding cost savings through efficiencies in all areas of the federal government, including defense, I will resist any actions that…

— Doug Lamborn

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

— Jim Talent

At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted for spending reform, but in a targeted fashion…

— Pete Hegseth