Honorable John McCain
U.S. Senator, Arizona, Republican
Senator McCain was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He is the ranking minority member on the Armed Services Committee and serves on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The following is excerpted from a February 14, 2012, statement during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program. I can say today that I do not fully endorse this budget request. Indeed, I am seriously concerned about how we arrived at this point. On April 13, 2011, the president of the United States…
