America has a military for what?

Published January 29, 2012 5:00am ET



By Gen (Ret.) Ronald Fogleman Most everyone agrees we need to reduce our debt, and no part of government is immune to cuts, not even our national defense. But few agree where to cut or which missions to sacrifice.

“A smaller military, however superb, will be able to go fewer places and do fewer things,” said former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. He meant this as a warning, but perhaps it’s not such a bad thing.

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