Originally posted by sasquatch672Sasquatch- I hate to nit pick here, but Mr. Hagel is not capable of "dismantling the military", no matter which post he holds This is the job of Congress and the President. No one person can "dismantle the military."
Hagel is a RINO. He'll dismantle the military (as much as that can be done in 18 months) and endanger American lives in the process. His foreign policy is left of Obama's.
Originally posted by bill718He will oversee the sequester, which is a $600 million reduction in funding. Defense Secretaries are pretty powerful people, are they not?
Sasquatch- I hate to nit pick here, but Mr. Hagel is not capable of "dismantling the military", no matter which post he holds This is the job of Congress and the President. No one person can "dismantle the military."
Originally posted by sasquatch672Defence Secretaries are powerful people, but 600 mil. is only a tiny fraction of America's defence budget. This does not constitute "dismantling".
He will oversee the sequester, which is a $600 million reduction in funding. Defense Secretaries are pretty powerful people, are they not?