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Cruz to Hagel: Why is Pentagon Funding Algae Fuel, Wind Turbines, But Not More Combat Troops?
nation.foxnews.com ^

Posted on 03/06/2014 6:02:07 AM PST by cotton1706

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz grilled Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on his department's budget during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing:

"The Department of Defense continues to spend billions of dollars unnecessarily on alternative energy research programs at DoD. The Navy recently spent $170 Million on algae fuel, that costs four times as much as regular fuel," Cruz said.

He continued by describing other similar projects in contrast to cuts in the funding for additional combat troops in the United States' armed services.

(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; debt; elections; military; spending; tedcruz; waste
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To: pfony1

Agreed.

It begins by forcing Boehner to resign as Speaker, and supporting Trey Gowdy for the new Speaker of the House, by April 15, 2104.

That should give Boehner plenty of time to ship his Wine Collection out of his Speaker’s Office.


21 posted on 03/06/2014 7:14:14 AM PST by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: cotton1706

The Marines wasted a bunch of money on Solar panels at Camp Lejeune.


22 posted on 03/06/2014 7:15:31 AM PST by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: BRL

Redistribution of wealth takes many forms.


23 posted on 03/06/2014 7:31:35 AM PST by cld51860 (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: cotton1706

Thank God we have these two on our side or we would be up the creek.

24 posted on 03/06/2014 7:38:46 AM PST by McGruff (Don't worry. John Kerry is in charge.)
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To: cotton1706

UpChuck has always pushed himself as the “friend” of the enlisted troops because he once was one.

There is and always has been only one enlisted person present or past that he is a friend of and that is him. He could care less about any service member current or past if they don’t help further his image and career.

He’s a democrat pure and simple and that makes him a liar and a traitor to the Constitution.


25 posted on 03/06/2014 7:47:57 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: SoConPubbie
Just watched the video at the link!

Hagel didn't know about the programs Senator Cruz specified!


26 posted on 03/06/2014 7:56:42 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: yldstrk

too many gin soaked raisins for breakfast

and lunch

and dinner


27 posted on 03/06/2014 8:15:08 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: cotton1706
Even Mrs WBill, who is hardly a warhawk, asked me why Defense was getting Defunded.

I told her that it was because BO promised to fundamentally change America, and that's exactly what he's doing. Good answer, I thought.

I'm reading "The Gathering Storm" by Churchill, right now. The parallels between 30s England, and right now, are frightening.

28 posted on 03/06/2014 8:41:43 AM PST by wbill
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