Saturday, March 16, 2019

Quotation for the Day - Dips and ships


"Secretary of Defense Robert Gates famously said, look, we have more people on a single aircraft carrier - and we have 12 of those, David - than we do in the entire foreign service."

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--Retired Admiral James Stavridis, in an NPR interview about President Trump's proposed budget which adds billions to defense spending, but takes away billions from diplomacy and development.

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