Trump calls for end to military spending sequester

‘President Donald Trump has called for an end to the Defense spending sequester during a speech to the US Air Force at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
“I’m calling on Congress to end the defense sequester once and for all,” Trump said Friday afternoon, during a 17-minute address on the 70th anniversary of the US Air Force.
“The servicemen and women who defend our nation with their lives deserve the predictable and consistent funding that will help them win quickly and win decisively.”
New equipment the US is ordering “by the billions” will be better than anything in the world, Trump said. “There’s nobody even close.”
“Our armed forces have endured continuous combat for the past 26 years, yet despite this, the number of airmen on active duty has dropped by one-third since the 1990s and we’ve cut more than half of our fighter squadrons. That is why I am calling on Congress to end the defense sequester once and for all and to give our military the tools, training, equipment, and resources that our brave men and women in uniform so richly deserve.”’
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