I don’t see the transcript yet (Duncan Hunter and JC Dempsey), but if I had to guess, Hunter was probably criticizing Dempsey for keeping wasteful programs around too long. The DoD gambled that sequestration would be averted so they didn’t really have to cut. Now I know there are current actual cuts but up to last year there were no actual cuts.
“It’s not just Congress’s fault and it’s not just the White House’s fault. It’s also the military’s!”
It was a very strange and awkward exchange. Hunter even defended the Obama White House. What I think it signaled was the there is going to be a villain in all of this when the grenade goes off - and the Republicans realize they are the ones who have been telling everyone they are overjoyed to pull the pin.
As the bad news keeps on coming, they want to hand the pin to someone else and say: "Look! He pulled it!"