According to the National Defense Political Action Committee, when Bill Clinton took office the United States had eight standing Divisions--today(circa 2000) we have two. Other developments during that time include 20 Air Force and Naval flight wings that are gone, 2,000 combat aircraft that were scrapped, 232 strategic bombers that have been lost, four aircraft carriers that have been moth-balled, 121 combat ships and submarines that are gone, and 700 military bases that have been closed here and abroad.
The United States has 700,000 fewer military men and women now(2000) than it did in 1992.
HILL: TERROR WOULD BE GOP BOOST
By GEOFF EARLE
August 24, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday raised the prospect of a terror attack before next year's election, warning that it could boost the GOP's efforts to hold on to the White House.
Discussing the possibility of a new nightmare assault while campaigning in New Hampshire, Clinton also insisted she is the Democratic candidate best equipped to deal with it.
"It's a horrible prospect to ask yourself, 'What if? What if?' But if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world," Clinton told supporters in Concord.
"So I think I'm the best of the Democrats to deal with that," she added.
The former first lady made the surprising comments as she explained to supporters that she has beaten back the GOP's negative attacks for years, and is ready to do so again.
They are even more surprising when you look at the facts of the previous Clinton administration
The United States has 700,000 fewer military men and women now(2000) than it did in 1992.
HILL: TERROR WOULD BE GOP BOOST
By GEOFF EARLE
August 24, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday raised the prospect of a terror attack before next year's election, warning that it could boost the GOP's efforts to hold on to the White House.
Discussing the possibility of a new nightmare assault while campaigning in New Hampshire, Clinton also insisted she is the Democratic candidate best equipped to deal with it.
"It's a horrible prospect to ask yourself, 'What if? What if?' But if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world," Clinton told supporters in Concord.
"So I think I'm the best of the Democrats to deal with that," she added.
The former first lady made the surprising comments as she explained to supporters that she has beaten back the GOP's negative attacks for years, and is ready to do so again.
They are even more surprising when you look at the facts of the previous Clinton administration
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