Smith: U.S. should cut defense spending and not 'cling' to notions of post-WWII dominance

摘要

The House Armed Services Committee's top Democrat, in line to become the next chairman should his party win a majority in November, said this week the defense budget is too big and that the United States should not "cling" to notions of post-World War II dominance given today's fiscal and geopolitical realities.