This action will postpone your Administration's effect on our Armed Forces until 2003. We do not believe a three year delay is what Vice President Cheney intended with his now famous slogan. Strategic reviews are necessary and useful exercises but will have little if any effect on near term readiness. All Americans in uniform love the challenges of their profession and strongly desire to train actively in order to carry out their missions. When that ability is denied, however, as is currently the case, the result is a decline in morale that no amount of quality of life initiatives can remedy.
Morale is down.
We ask you now, though, to reconsider your decision on supplemental funding for defense readiness issues, and we stand ready to help make your campaign pledges a reality. We are pleased to welcome the following new Corporate members.