Thornberry: the Military is a Political Football

"THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEFENSE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE."

Washington, DC, February 7, 2018
This morning, Chairman Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, joined Fox and Friends to discuss the negative impact of budget dysfunction.

This morning, Chairman Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, joined Fox and Friends to discuss the negative impact of budget dysfunction. Some of his comments are below and to watch the whole interview click here.

"The military is... a political football and meanwhile we are unfortunately losing more and more service members in training accidents..."

"The most important part of our defense are the men and women who serve."

"Just last year, 2017, we lost 21 service members who were killed in hostile action but we lost 80, four times as many, who were killed in training accidents. That's part of the human cost."