Provide for the Common Defense: The U.S. Military 10 Years After 9/11

In stark terms, Providing for The Common Defense highlights the impacts that ten years of hard fighting have had on America's military. In the video, Armed Services Chairman McKeon previews questions that Committee members will be asking this fall of our nation's brightest national security minds; "what if we're attacked in some other area, what is our military going to be able to do if we keep cutting it... tell me the missions we've done in the last couple of years that we won't be asked to do in the next couple of years."

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[jwinter228]

bring the troops home! we're just making more enemies overseas by occupying their countries. if china was over here doing that to us, we would be outraged. the defense budget is *not * defense, it's enriching billionaires and throwing 18 year-old kids into needless wars to die in while our "leaders" carelessly send them over there while they fine dine w/ defense contractors.

if you really care about the troops, bring them home. let them live their lives w/ their families and spend money *here*

[bigassbuzz]

I USED to live in a COUNTRY. Now it's called a HOMELAND!? This NAZIFICATION of my once great nation needs to be corrected.

We spend more on WAR than the rest of the PLANET combined.

[Imakeplanesboom]

LETS HEAR THE TRUTH ABOUT 9/11!!

[Kracix]

God bless America Forever.

[Soulja4islam]

I'm going to let you know what Muslims think when they hear the word "American Soldier". They think of soldiers who invade other countries and try to spread imperialism. They think of soldiers who go to foreign soil to rape and kill innocent civilians. The representation of the U.S Military has been scarred due to the actions of soldiers. Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq is a prime example. Another example the soldier, Calvin Gibbs, who just got convicted of murdering civilians for fun in Afghanistan.

[superlucci]

I know your conversation is over a month old, but I just had to say thanks for serving, and I enjoyed reading your posts

[heyitsshega]

God bless all our troops but seriously our presence abroad does not make this country safer. Maybe we wouldn't have so many people who want to kill us if we would stop bombing the shit out of the Middle East. Does anyone actually believe that terrorists are motivated to kill us because, "they hate our freedom!" Open your eyes! I am not anti-American, I am anti-government and anti-war. Love your country, fight your government.

[expllo55]

@bigassbuzz Why are you saying "We spend more on war......." when you said that you USED to live in this country?

[expllo55]

@jwinter228 Those "kids" you say volunteer.

[Halo4Lyf]

America must indeed "rule the world," because believe me, you don't want to see what a truly multi-polar world would look like. I'll take Pax Americana any day, thanks.

[bv141a]

700 billion dollar defense budget to protect us from boxcutters?Who is our enemie that we need 11 CVN's?Must America rule the world,don't we have enough problems at home?