FPI Supports Budget Deal

The Foreign Policy Initiative has released this statement from its board of directors in support of the Paul Ryan-Patty Murray budget deal:

“The Budget Conference Committee, co-chaired by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), has presented Congress with an important opportunity to begin reversing the irresponsible and dangerous cuts imposed on the Defense Department by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The Ryan-Murray budget proposal would restore $22 billion in defense spending in fiscal year 2014 and $9 billion in fiscal year 2015. This is an essential first step in the right direction, and we applaud the Committee for taking it.