Yesterday I reported that Rep. John McHugh (R-NY), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, had said that Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ budget proposal was “tantamount to an $8 billion cut in defense spending.” His staff had a difficult time defending the number, though, reiterating several times that the figure had come from senior Pentagon officials who’d briefed the committee in advance of Gates’ speech.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=144002