342 | Trump's Last Defense Secretary on Cutting the Pentagon Budget, Base Closures, Forever War Accountability, and New Threats with Christopher C. Miller
The Realignment
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Sequestration and the Pentagon Budget - What's the General Republican Talking Point?
A 40 to 50% cut of the Pentagon budget, something you advocate for in the book. I'm curious how you look at how the defense sequestration cuts from 2012 onwards impacted the military. You're given the classic example of what I'm talking about in my book is we've allowed the military to have this almost deified on a pedestal position where what they say goes as the gospel truth. We're getting these wicked expensive weapons systems, gold plated platinum weapon systems,. tanks, but let's be clear, jet fighters, dog on.
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