Barney Frank: The New Mandate on Defense

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7. Drug rep vet.

Back when the first coffins were coming back from Iraq, I was at a doctors lunch sponsored by a drug company( I was filming a doc) anyway, the rep was a veteran from the Clinton era and was complaining about how far the military fell into disrepair during his years controlling the budget.

I pointed out:

A, we ramped back up pretty fast.
B, we were still the largest military.
and
C, Bush was not letting the returning coffins be viewed, which I argued was politically expedient for him, and disrespectful to the fallen.

He retorted that Bush was the one being respectful to which I quoted the relevant part of The Gettysburg Address. And that shut him up.

Please please, let's chop military spending.