It's not easy to do. Honestly, it took us a long time. But my vice chairman, I was the chairman as a Republican, my vice chairman was a Democrat. We ended up coming together, working hard, spending time line by line in a budget that's $78 billion and cut seven and a half billion dollars at the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan war. because we decided that it was more important that we work together than we be partisan. When it comes to national security. That takes leadership. It takes effort. (51:19–51:31)
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Asserts that he and his vice chairman cut $7.5 billion from a $78 billion budget during the Iraq and Afghanistan war.
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