John Cornyn: “All of his generals, including here, most recently Leon…”

“I support a constitutional amendment that requires a balanced budget. Do you support the president's approach to the way he's fighting ISIL right now? Well, I think he's. It's a good start. But All of his generals, including here, most recently Leon Panetta, his former secretary of defense, and Robert Gates, the previous secretary of defense, have said that you can't do it without boots on the ground. This is the hard reality. They don't have to be American boots on the ground, but they have to be somebody's boots.” (06:54–07:07)

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