Nobody knew running the country could be so complicated...President Bannon wants to fight a war in the ME (or China or wherever) so wtf.
"The State Department, USAID, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Peace Corps and other development agencies are critical to preventing conflict and reducing the need to put our men and women in uniform in harm's way," the generals wrote.
They went on to quote a 2013 remark by Defense Secretary James Mattis while commander of US Central Command: "If you don't fully fund the State Department, then I need to buy more ammunition."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/politics/generals-letter-state-department-budget-cuts/index.html
"The State Department, USAID, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Peace Corps and other development agencies are critical to preventing conflict and reducing the need to put our men and women in uniform in harm's way," the generals wrote.
They went on to quote a 2013 remark by Defense Secretary James Mattis while commander of US Central Command: "If you don't fully fund the State Department, then I need to buy more ammunition."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/politics/generals-letter-state-department-budget-cuts/index.html