Allen West Blasts "Incredible, Unconscionable" Defense Cuts in Reid Bill

House Republicans held a press conference in the Capitol Saturday to denounce what they called dangerous cuts to defense spending in Senator Harry Reid’s debt limit bill. Buck McKeon (R, Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, warned that Reid’s bill would cut defense by more than $400 billion beyond Boehner’s plan over 10 years. “If Senator Reid’s plan passes–if we stand idly by while this administration spends down its domestic spending spree with the blood and sweat of our troops–our military will break,” McKeon said. “The Army and Marines are stretched dangerously thin, separated from their families, and using hardware that has been chewed up by a decade of fighting.”