[Hoot Gibson]

If you fancy yourself a mind reader, then you are delusional. I assume that my job will be in jeopardy no matter what the outcome of the election. If Obama wins, he will take it as a mandate to continue cutting our military capability. If he loses, I expect that he will do as much damage to the military as he can possibly do before he leaves office out of spite.

If you still work in the coal industry, you must be counting on drawing a government check after the election because Obama is just as much at war with the coal industry as he is with his own DoD. Probably more so. The government cupboard is just about bare, so I am not counting on a welfare check myself.

I don't support or oppose candidates based on what I think that they will do for me and I never have. If Obama is reelected, being out of work for a couple of extra months won't matter much anyway. I don't see an upside for anybody supporting a failure like Obama

where has obama cut defense ?

who comes on here all the time and say's he has passed no budget ?

as for the coal industry NATURAL GAS

ANY MONEY THAT IS SPENT BY THE US GOVERNMENT MUST FIRST

COME THROUGH THE HOUSE

Why don't you learn how to post. Is it that difficult for you to learn to use the quote button?

If you don't believe that Obama is waging a war against coal, then you are beyond redemption. I have a hard time believing that you work in the coal industry and are ignorant of the actions that Obama's EPA has taken tighten the screws on the coal industry. If you are actually a coal miner, you owe it to yourself to become better informed on the subject.

As for Obama's cuts to defense programs...well it is hard to believe that anybody would still question Obama's resolve to slash defense spending after his 3-1/2 years in office. Democrats are playing a dangerous game of chicken with Republicans, and unless Republicans agree to renege on their pledge not to raise taxes an automatic cut of $500 billion to the defense budget will kick in early next year.

This is how Democrats manage to get tax increases through Congress. They hold programs like national defense hostage to force Republicans to "compromise" and agree to tax increases. Obama has a reverse Midas touch. Everything the man touches turns to crap.

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WASHINGTON — Looking beyond the wars he inherited, President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a reshaping and shrinking of the military. He vowed to preserve U.S. pre-eminence even as the Army and Marine Corps shed troops and the administration considers reducing its arsenal of nuclear weapons.

The changes won't come without risk, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. But he called it acceptable and, because of budget restraints, inevitable.

In a presentation at the Pentagon, Obama said the U.S. is "turning a page" after having killed Osama bin Laden, withdrawn troops from Iraq and begun to wind down the war in Afghanistan. He outlined a vision for the future that some Republican lawmakers quickly dubbed wrong-headed.

"Our military will be leaner, but the world must know the United States is going to maintain our military superiority," Obama said with Panetta and the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Gen. Martin Dempsey, at his side.

In a presidential election year the strategy gives Obama a rhetorical tool to defend his Pentagon budget-cutting choices. Republican contenders for the White House already have attacked him on national security issues including missile defense, Iran and planned reductions in ground forces.

Obama unveiled the results of an eight-month defense strategy review that is intended to guide decisions on cutting hundreds of billions from planned Pentagon spending over the coming decade.
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[COLOR="Blue"][url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/us/politics/military-will-withstand-cuts-obama-says.html"[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/us/politics/military-will-withstand-cuts-obama-says.html#h[]]]Military Will Remain Strong With Cuts, Obama Tells Cadets[/url]

COLORADO SPRINGS — President Obama vowed on Wednesday to keep the military strong even as he winds down the wars of the last decade and takes the budget knife to Pentagon spending in an age of increasing government austerity.

Addressing the graduating cadets of the Air Force Academy, Mr. Obama said spending cuts were inevitable for the armed forces but he promised to guard against reductions that would compromise the nation’s security. Dismissing talk of national decline, he described an “American century” in which the United States would continue to flourish[/URL]
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[COLOR="Blue"]Obama Administration's Proposed Nuclear Weapons Cuts Attacked By House GOP

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans on Wednesday vowed to block the Obama administration from sharply cutting the U.S. nuclear force, calling potential reductions of as much as 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons "reckless lunacy."

Pointing to the growing number of trouble spots, from Iran to Syria to Egypt, members of the House Armed Services Committee said any significant cuts would undermine the U.S. ability to deter aggression. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the administration is weighing several options for new reductions from the current treaty limit of 1,550 deployed strategic warheads.
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[COLOR="Blue"]Panetta warns against automatic defense cuts

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta on Sunday said more than $500 billion in defense-related cuts scheduled to kick in early next year would be “disastrous” to national security and begged lawmakers to restore the money.

The cuts were included in last summer’s bipartisan debt and budget agreement that allowed the White House to raise the debt ceiling. Since then, congressional Republicans have led an effort to undo the Pentagon’s portion of the $1.2 trillion “sequestration” budget cuts that also target non-defense domestic programs.

“I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do, and the leaders of both sides, is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and, very frankly, for a lot of very important domestic programs,” Mr. Panetta said on ABC’s “This Week” program that aired Sunday.

“They have a responsibility to come together and find the money necessary to detrigger sequester.”

Mr. Panetta said the Defense Department has been diligent in trimming costs to help the federal government shrink its ballooning deft and deficit.
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