Honorable Randy Forbes
U.S. Representative, Virginia, Republican
Representative Forbes, of the Fourth District of Virginia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. He serves on the Committee on Armed Services and chairs the Subcommittee on Readiness. The following is excerpted from a February 16, 2012, statement during a Foreign Policy Initiative event titled “Choosing Decline: The Meaning of Obama’s Defense Guidance and Budget.” We’re living in a world now where we have a new strategy to defend the free world, and this is it [President Obama’s Defense Strategic Review]. It’s of a new strategy to defend the world. I want to tell…
