Here's encouraging news that Congressional Democrats might stop being so stupid on defense issues:
It's a Senate tradition for the two political parties to advertise their priorities by revealing their top 10 pieces of legislation with a flourish at the beginning of a new Congress.
...Democrats intend to make an increase in the size of the armed forces their top bill, according to several officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. More prescription drug coverage under the new Medicare law is also on the list, as is education legislation.
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry campaigned for a 30,000-member increase in the size of the military last year. Senate Democrats have been thinking about raising that to 40,000.
Hallelujah! The active-duty military is severely overstretched and the Guard and Reserves are being ground down by repeated, prolonged deployments. This is one area where Kerry and Bill Kristol agree. Let's get it done.
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