Senate Republicans are accusing the Obama administration of proposing a slew of defense cuts that would leave the country unsafe and unprepared for a crisis.
Some also say the defense cuts are a way for the Obama administration to redirect money to its own pet projects.
Per the Watertown Daily Times:
Mr. McCain and other Republicans accuse the Obama administration of using deep cuts in defense spending — some $487 billion over a decade — to support higher spending on highways and other priorities.
Mr. McCain said he doubted the administration’s position that the budget is driven by military strategy rather than cost-cutting. ...
And Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, dubbed as a gimmick the administration’s proposed savings from the end of combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq — operations that both Mr. Obama and his predecessor, President George W. Bush, paid for with borrowed money.