THE PRESIDENT LIVE ON FOX
BUSINESS.
DON'T TO ANYWHERE.
MEANTIME AHEAD OF THIS BILL
SENIOR STRATEGIC ANALYST,
GENERAL, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, TRISH.
TRISH: ON A DAY LIKE TODAY,
TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY,
MORE THAN $700 BILLION IN
RIGHT NOW?
>> OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT
ON INCREASED DEFENSE SPENDING
SIMILAR TO WHAT REAGAN DID BACK
IN THE EARLY 1980s.
WELL AS CONGRESS WITH
STATES MILITARY IS STILL THE
PRIMARY MILITARY IN THE WORLD WE
WHERE WE BELONG.
TRISH: AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH
THE BUDGET, THERE IS A LOT OF
MONEY FOR AIRCRAFT, ET CETERA,
FOR NUCLEAR ARSENAL, ET CETERA,
BUT I DIDN'T SEE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT IN CYBER WAR.
IS THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE OR IS
THAT BURIED IN THIS BUDGET AS
WELL?
>> YEAH IT'S IN THERE.
IT IS IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY
AGENCY.
THEY MAINTAIN OFFENSIVE AND ALSO
OUR DEFENSIVE CAPABILITY, TRISH.
I MEAN FLAT-OUT JUST TELL YOU,
WE'VE GOT THE GREATEST CYBER
OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY IN THE
WORLD.
IT WOULD MAKE YOUR EYES WATER IF
WE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE CAN'T,
ONE OF THE MOST CLASSIFIED
THINGS WE'VE GOT IN OUR
GOVERNMENT.
THAT MONEY IS IN THERE.
WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE THERE.
TRISH: GOOD, GOOD.
BECAUSE I THINK AMERICANS HAVE
BEEN RATTLED BY WHAT THEY SAW
RUSSIA DO WHICH WAS A FORM OF
CYBER WARFARE TO UNDERMINE OUR
DEMOCRACY, TO UNDERMINE OUR
FAITH AND TRUST IN OUR
DEMOCRACY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GUARD
AGAINST THAT FROM THEM DOING
THAT MOVING FORWARD.
IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET, IT'S A
LITTLE BIT LIGHTER THAN THE
INSTALLMENT AS I SAID.
WHAT THIS BUDGET WILL DO,
INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE
WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL READINESS
PROBLEMS THAT MEANS A LACK OF
FLYING HOURS TO MAINTAIN PILOT
PROFICIENCY.
LACK OF TRAINING TO MAINTAIN
TROOP PROFICIENCY.
WE HAD A BEING LA OF SPARE PARTS
THAT IS EPIDEMIC, CANNIBALIZING
PARTS FROM OTHER AIRPLANES AND
OTHER VEHICLES.
THAT IS RIDICULOUS FROM THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
NUMBER ONE MILITARY IN THE
WORLD.
WE HAVE TO CAPITALIZE OUR
INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS.
WE HAVE TO BUY MORE AIRPLANES,
MORE HELICOPTERS, MORE SHIPS,
MORE MISSILES, ET CETERA.
TRISH: CRITIC WAS SAY, IFER THIS
WATCHING THIS INTERVIEW, THERE
IS A GENERAL SAYING WE NEED MORE
EQUIPMENT, WE NEED MORE MONEY,
MORE ABILITY TO GO AFTER ALL THE
BAD GUYS AND YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO
SUPPORTED PRESIDENT OBAMA WOULD
SAY, WHY DO WE GET OURSELVES IN
THESE SITUATIONS TO BEGIN WITH
WHERE WE NEED TO FIGHT, WHAT DO
YOU TELL THEM?
>> OUR ADVERSARIES HAVE BEEN
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US.
CHINA IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC,
SOUTH CHINA SEA, RUSSIA, CRIMEA,
UKRAINE, NOW SYRIA.
TRYING TO MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE
EAST, WRIT LARGE, INTIMIDATING
THE EASTERN EUROPEANS WHO ARE
OUR ALLIES AND MEMBERS OF NATO.
THEY DID ALL OF THAT BECAUSE
THEY SAW THE UNITED STATES
PULLING BACK.
WE WERE DISENGAGING.
WE WERE NOT FUNDING DEFENSE.
REMEMBER THE BIGGEST PAYOFF FROM
THE DEFENSE IN MAINTAINING GOOD
EQUIPMENT, AND RIGHT NUMBERS OF
AIRPLANES IS DETERRENTS.
IT STOPS OUR ADVERSARIES FROM
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US.
IT STOPS BAD THINGS HAPPENING.
FROM HAPPENING THE MUSCLE THERE
THAT WE MAY HAVE TO USE IT, THE
FACT WE GOT IT.
I TELL YOU WHAT, PUTIN IS PAYING
MORE ATTENTION TO DEFENSE BUDGET
THAN HE IS IN SANCTIONS.
WHEN HE SEES THE DEFENSE BUDGET
GROWING LIKE IT IS, REMINDS HIM
TO THE REAGAN DEFENSE BUDGET WE
CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLAPSE OF
THE SOVIET UNION, BACK IN THE
THAT IS WHAT HE IS WATCHING.
HE SEES THE UNITED STATES COMING
BACK.
THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT ON HERE.
TRISH: I SAY YOU'RE SPOT ON,
DETERRENTS, YOU SHOULD BE READY,
EQUIPPED TO GO, HOPEFULLY IF
NEEDED BUT HOPING IT'S NOT.
KNOWING YOUR ADVERSARIES JUST
HOW POWERFUL YOU ARE AND WHAT
YOU COULD DO TO THEM.
>> EXACTLY.
TRISH: WALK SOFTLY BY CARRY A
BIG STICK.
>> DEPERSONS HAS TWO COMPONENTS
TO IT.
HE HAS TO SEAT CAPABILITY.
IT HAS GOT TO BE REAL.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE
THAT.
AND TWO, HE HAS TO BELIEVE THAT
YOU'RE WILLING TO USE IT.
DURING THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION WE DIDN'T HAVE
EITHER ONE OF THOSE.
WE WERE REDUCING OUR
CAPABILITIES, THEY SAW THAT
ADVANTAGEOUS TO THEM, THEY KNEW
THEY SAW THAT AS WEAKNESS.
TRISH: GENERAL, WE SHOULD ALSO
POINT OUT THAT MILITARY MEMBERS
WILL BE GETTING A PAY RAISE, A
MUCH-DESERVED PAY RAISE, THESE