If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious talk about a balanced budget amendment, which we as governors always had to deal with.

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

I have long believed there is a lot of waste in the defense budget.

When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.

I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could have been cut a lot more severely.