“Among the cuts: killing the Marines’ $15 billion expeditionary fighting vehicle; delaying production of the F-35 fighter; and trimming the manpower of the Army and the Marines by 42,000 or more.[Emphasis mine – Mike]” – Wichita Falls (TX) TimesRecordNews, “Our Opinion: Gates says Pentagon faces financial ‘crisis'”, Editorial distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, Posted January 29, 2011 at midnight

Congress — particularly the newly-anti-military, pro-partisan Republicans in the last Senate — refused to let this budget measure for the military even come to a vote in 2010. They filibustered it. Continue reading →