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Karen Testerman on Homeland Security |
A: I believe in strengthening the military. Our military should be prepared, ready and able to defend the United States as an arm of our foreign policy and as authorized to act by Congress.
When my husband entered the military we were equipped to fight two wars in two different locations simultaneously. Then, the strategy changed. With reductions in defense budgets we were prepared to fight only one war in one location and being semi-ready to shift to a conflict in another location. Today we can barely meet the commitments of a single war in a single location.
The world is becoming more dangerous--not more friendly. It is time to set our priorities for national security. We must stop the dangerous gutting of our military and rebuild our forces before adversaries like the Chinese and Russians catch us ill-prepared to meet their challenge.