Bill Clinton in No Apology, by Gov. Mitt Romney (R, MA)

On Homeland Security: Shrank military by 400,000 troops during 1990s

We shrunk our military by 400,000 troops during the 1990s, retired over one hundred ships from the navy, and decreased the size of our air force by more than a quarter. More ominously, we gutted our human intelligence capabilities, and never took any real steps to infiltrate the violent jihadist groups like al Qaeda that had declared was on America. At home, births to teenage mothers rose to their highest levels in decades, teenage drug use climbed, and pornography became the Internet's biggest business. Our dependence on foreign oil rose from 42% of our total consumption to 58% today.

I don't wish to challenges and hard times on this nation, even though I believe they have made us the country and people we are today. But neither do I fear them. My sole concern is that Americans will choose not to act, not to face our challenges head-on, not to overcome them.

Source: No Apology, by Mitt Romney, p. 9 Mar 2, 2010

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