The changes offered up by the White House prove that neither the right questions were asked nor were any lessons learned, wholesale changes are needed, but what's being put forward is nothing more than window dressing, I fear. Duncan Hunter More Quotes by Duncan Hunter More Quotes From Duncan Hunter The entire operating budget of the US Coast Guard is $9 billion, it's a shoestring budget. Duncan Hunter top-news You have President Trump talking about national security, criminal networks, that's what the Coast Guard does, literally. ... It just doesn't make sense. Duncan Hunter top-news The way that you stop bad things from happening here is not directly on the border necessarily, you've got to push out ... That's what the Coast Guard does. ... So this is nonsensical to me. Duncan Hunter top-news We haven't talked to him about this yet, but we want face time with him on this as soon as possible, this directly contradicts what he's talking about. Duncan Hunter top-news I’ve seen the press [reporting] on this for about a week or so. … I’m in the Marine Corps. If you want it done, just call us. Duncan Hunter latest-headlines The Army hates to open boxes up. Duncan Hunter latest-headlines I acknowledge that I have struggled, I have sought help and the Army failed me in that pursuit. Duncan Hunter latest-headlines We don’t know who’s coming into the U.S. and what they’re bringing with them. Duncan Hunter politics You can assume that others have gotten through. Duncan Hunter politics The American people would have had no clue on this if we didn’t get these documents from Homeland Security. Duncan Hunter politics You’re endangering lives, this is the U.S. Coast Guard, not the San Diego Police Department. Duncan Hunter latest-headlines The fact that there's not a single living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the war in Iraq is a mystery, there are countless examples of extreme valor during intense, close-quarter combat, but for some reason, starting with the (George W.) Bush administration, there was a concerted effort to not recognize acts of courage with the Medal of Honor. Duncan Hunter top-news To say that there is not one act of valor that is consistent with the requirements for the Medal of Honor is a real disservice to every service person who fought and sacrificed. Duncan Hunter top-news This is a process that has become overly politicized and while this administration has at least gone to greater lengths to recognize courage in Afghanistan, we still don't have a single living recipient from Iraq, and it's definitely not because they don't exist. Duncan Hunter top-news It's a pathetic response to a serious problem that has plagued the ability of the U.S. to successfully recover Americans held captive in the post-9/11 era. Duncan Hunter us-news Here is someone who is trying to save lives and who puts it on Jason Amerine sleeve basically what Jason Amerine is doing and Jason Amerine got slammed for it by the The Army, so you have them doing a retaliatory investigation of a great soldier. This is the kind of guy we want in The Army. This is who we want out there fighting for us. Duncan Hunter politics Warren Weinstein did not have to die, his death is further evidence of the failures in communication and coordination between government agencies tasked with recovering Americans in captivity and the fact that he's dead, as a result, is absolutely tragic. Duncan Hunter us Their planning did not include a 5 for 1 trade, as occurred, but rather a 1 for 7 exchange. Duncan Hunter us I think that there needs to be a buck-stops-here person, you're right. Duncan Hunter latest-headlines Bergdahl was in the custody of Haqqani initially, not the Taliban. But regardless of who claimed custody of Bergdahl in the end, is the Taliban not an adversary? is the Taliban not responsible for American deaths? Frankly, it's more nonsense from an administration that seems to have lost its sense of reality. Duncan Hunter latest-headlines
