During his opening remarks at today’s House Budget Committee hearing on the Department of Defense and the 2014 budget, Paul Ryan said, “The first duty of government is to keep us safe. And to keep us safe, our strategy should drive our budget. But under this administration, the budget is driving the strategy.”
With Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, there to testify, Ryan continued:
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