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Donald Trump campaign says defense experts “praise his plan”

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OPEN LETTER FROM DEFENSE EXPERTS PRAISING DONALD J. TRUMP’S DEFENSE PLAN

We Believe That Donald Trump Is A Better Choice Than Hillary Clinton To Move Our Military In The Right Direction As President Of The United States.

The following open letter supporting Donald Trump’s defense plan was released today by the country’s most experienced and renowned defense experts including current and former congressional leaders like Michael McCaul and Peter Hoekstra; distinguished military leaders like General Bob Magnus and Medal of Honor recipient Major General James Livingston; and former senior executive branch appointees like Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne. These leaders represent hundreds of years of combined experience defending this country and its national security interests. The letter can be viewed below:

“As individuals who have served our country in Congress, the Executive Branch, or in uniform, we write to support strongly Donald Trump’s recently released plan to rebuild our military.

‘Over the last eight years, the U.S. military has been faced with reckless cuts by the Obama Administration and the dangers incurred by defense sequestration. Concurrently, the world has grown increasingly dangerous and unstable, from ISIS attacks around the world to Russian intervention in Eastern Europe to Chinese adventurism in the South China Sea. Cutting commissary benefits by 30% and restricting cost of living raises to 1.6% send a telling message to our warriors, many of whom spent 50% of their careers in combat zones.

‘Our military requires a serious and substantial investment to overcome the neglect of recent years and rebuild to meet tomorrow’s challenges and threats. The bipartisan National Defense Panel has stipulated that $611 billion was the minimum defense spending required to meet the national security requirements of our country. We are confident Mr. Trump is committed to removing the sequester limit on Defense spending and to increasing the level of investment in defense so our war fighters are properly trained, equipped and ready to face ever more complex threats with dominant military strength.

‘We believe that Mr. Trump, in consultation with us and distinguished experts in the national security community, will work with active military leadership and Congress to establish and implement a serious and comprehensive long-term plan to rebuild our services. Our military force structure must be based on sound operational plans driven by a thorough and unvarnished threat assessment. Looking to the future, it is not unrealistic to set a target force structure, which would include a 350 ship Navy, an Army with an end strength of 540,000, an Air Force of at least 1,200 active fighter aircraft, and a Marine Corps of 36 battalions. Such growth phased within budget reality represents the kind of targeted investment our services need today and is grounded in the kind of serious and sober strategic thinking our country needs in these perilous times by a peace through strength policy. Mr. Trump’s intention to reform the Defense Department, including a full audit and focused acquisition reform, is much needed and long overdue. His commitment to a comprehensive ballistic missile defense is indispensable in a world of rogue actors and missile proliferation. And we appreciate his understanding of the cyber threat and the steps we must take to defeat it.

‘The men and women of our nation’s military have served gallantly over the last fifteen years, and we as a country owe them a debt that can never fully be repaid. We must now provide them every resource necessary to execute their missions and come home safely.We believe that Donald Trump is a better choice than Hillary Clinton to move our military in the right direction as President of the United States.”

List of defense experts praising Donald J. Trump’s defense plan:

-U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee
-U.S. Representative Jeff Miller (FL), Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee -U.S. Representative J. Randy Forbes (VA), House Armed Services Committee
-U.S. Representative Trent Franks (AZ), House Armed Services Committee
-U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter (CA), House Armed Services Committee
-U.S. Representative Stephen Palazzo (MS), House Armed Services Committee -U.S. Representative Bill Shuster (PA), House Armed Services Committee
-U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke (MT), House Armed Services Committee
-U.S. Representative Jeff Duncan (SC), House Foreign Affairs Committee
-U.S. Representative Tom Emmer (MN), House Foreign Affairs Committee -U.S. Representative Tom Marino (PA), House Foreign Affairs Committee
-U.S. Representative Scott Perry (PA), House Foreign Affairs Committee -GEN Terrence R. Dake, USMC (Ret.)
-GEN Robert Magnus, USMC (Ret.)
-LTG Michael T. Flynn, USA (Ret.)
-LTG Jay Garner, USA (Ret.)
-LTG Ronald Hite, USA (Ret.)
-LtGen Jack Klimp, USMC (Ret.)
-VADM J. Theodore Parker, USN (Ret.)
-MajGen B.G. Hollingsworth, USMC (Ret.)
-RADM Charles Kubic, USN (Ret.)
-MajGen James E. Livingston, USMC (Ret.), Medal of Honor Recipient
-RDML Don Loren, USN (Ret.), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense -RDML Charles Williams, USN (Ret.)
-Hon. Bob Kasten, former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin,
-Hon. Peter Hoekstra, former U.S. Representative from Michigan, former Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
-Hon. Bob Livingston, former U.S. Representative from Louisiana, former Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee
-Hon. Bob McEwen, former U.S. Representative from Ohio -Hon. Michael Wynne, former Secretary of the Air Force
-Hon. Christopher B. Burnham, former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations for Management
-Mr. Richard Grenell, former Spokesman to four U.S. Ambassadors to the United Nations -Hon. Van Hipp, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
-Dr. Michael Pillsbury, former Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning -Mr. Christian Whiton, former Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of State
-Hon. Stephen Yates, former Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs

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