McCain throws support behind defense budget shifts

Reuters ^ | 2009-04-06

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Monday threw his support behind Defense Department plans to refocus spending for key defense programs.

"I strongly support (Defense) Secretary (Robert) Gates' decision to restructure a number of major defense programs," McCain said in a statement.

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Text of McCain's Statement

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McCain: "I love Obama!"

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[Badeye]

No surprise.

[ohioman]

Jeez. The only thing worse than McCain is Obama.

[DoughtyOne]

This space for rent.

Terms stated in my tagline...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Why won’t this guy shut up ?

[nmh]

McPain is such as disaster.

Is he on something illegal?

[Gator113]

“The only thing worse than McCain is Obama.”

Amazing. I was thinking those exact words just this past November.

[Semper Mark]

Was that Juan I saw in line behind Zer0 to kiss the Saudi Kings ring?

[LottieDah]

As bad as McCain is, he would not bash the United States of America while on state business in Europe.

[Cementjungle]

Of course he does.

[armymarinemom]

We were so screwed from the git go. I wonder how much different our life would be if McCain would have won?

[mkjessup]

Senile dementia, that is what we’re seeing on display here.

McInsane has (in his view) “done it all” now, Senator, Presidential candidate, actually got the nomination last time, lost the general election but “what the Hell”, now he can say and do anything he wants to, who’s gonna stop him?

McRino has now become the quintessential legend in his own mind.

[The Sons of Liberty]

McLame is always "puckered up" ready to kiss anyone's a$$.

When 0dumbo, Gates and Mclame are done, we won't be able to defend our Country against anyone. TRAITORS ALL WHO MUST BE REMOVED!

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McRino has now become the quintessential legend in his own mind.

McQueeg will become a legend in the real world once it's discovered that his "bipartisanship" is a leading cause of the death of the Republican Party.

[papasmurf]

Meghan is so proud of you.

[Continental Soldier]

McCain — What else need be said?!

[arthurus]

Well, Amnesty would be more likely to pass and be implemented, With Amnesty, It does not matter at all who is president this term. After him will be an unbroken line of Democrat presidents until the Democrat Party splits into Democrats and Social Democrats, or suchlike.

[Swiss]

I told people who supported him in the primaries to look at what he did rather than what he says. From my review of McCain’s voting record it looked to me that this so called budget hawk mainly focused on cutting military spending rather than real waste.

I personally think McCain hates the military, he was forced to go into the family business and the day his father died he quit because he didn’t have the guts to do so when his dad was alive.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Its not the restructuring that is the problem. Tactics and equipment changes all the time. Its the reduction in the dollars to defend America so the Socialist can jam his agenda down our throats that is the problem and that makes you Senator McCain part of the trouble....