Rubio, Cotton want to boost defense spending

[Brian4Liberty]

Rubio, Cotton want to boost defense spending
By Jordain Carney - March 24, 2015

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced a budget amendment Tuesday evening to increase defense spending.

Rubio, a potential 2016 presidential contender, said the amendment would swap out the fiscal year 2016 defense budget numbers with the projected fiscal year 2016 numbers included in former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' fiscal year 2012 defense budget.

Rubio called the 2012 budget "the last defense budget ... that was put together solely on the assessment of the threats we face."
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Cotton suggested that the $611 billion base budget might not be enough, citing threats including a resurgent Russia and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

"But that's not enough," Cotton. "As the national defense panel said itself, at $611 billion, that projection is not enough."
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More: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...fense-spending

[enhanced_deficit]

Won't be surprised if both have same "liberal neocon" funders behind them.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post5821150

[Saint Vitus]

2016 is shaping up to be about who can be the biggest neocon/puppet for the MIC. So far it looks like Rand's in the lead with his budget.

[Brian4Liberty]

2016 is shaping up to be about who can be the biggest neocon/puppet for the MIC. So far it looks like Rand's in the lead with his budget.

So you support Rubio and Cotton over Rand?

[Brian4Liberty]

[Slave Mentality]

[phill4paul]

Gotta hand it to Rand. He busted their balls on this one and will smoke them in the GOP primary with it.

[AuH20]

Gotta hand it to Rand. He busted their balls on this one and will smoke them in the GOP primary with it.

Isolationist? [Looks underneath & behind podium] It should be very funny to witness.