{"id":33164,"date":"2018-12-01T20:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T20:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/01\/mattis-cutting-defense-will-not-help-deficit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:44:22","slug":"mattis-cutting-defense-will-not-help-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/01\/mattis-cutting-defense-will-not-help-deficit\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis: Cutting defense will not help deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=e5b8b3cc-3002-4a41-a793-445682bc32bb\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-e5b8b3cc-3002-4a41-a793-445682bc32bb.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Defense Secretary Jim Mattis explains his thoughts on the defense budget as the White House is looking to cut money from the FY2020 defense budget.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIMI VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Saturday threw his weight behind an op-ed from two top Republicans calling for greater funding for the Defense Department \u2014 and lining himself against Trump administration guidance to cut fiscal year 2020 defense spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFiscal solvency and strategic solvency can co-exist,\u201d Mattis said at the Reagan National Defense Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Friday Wall Street Journal editorial titled \u201cDon\u2019t cut military spending, Mr. President,\u201d Rep. 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Jim Inhofe, R-Okla<\/a>., warned that a smaller defense budget won\u2019t have a major impact on fixing the national deficit, but would have painful repercussions on military equipment and end strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur top priority is the troops,\u201d the pair wrote. \u201cAny cut in the defense budget would be a senseless step backward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/30\/top-defense-republicans-blast-trumps-700-billion-military-budget-as-dangerous\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18171597292624.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Republicans blast Trump\u2019s Pentagon budget cuts as \u2018dangerous\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Congressional leaders want the president to aim for $733 billion in military spending next year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis, in his speech Saturday, explicitly cited that op-ed approvingly, especially the idea put forth from the two members that cutting defense spending will not impact the deficit. Instead, major budget cuts \u201cwould be a dangerous disservice to our troops and the American people they serve and protect. We all know that America can afford survival,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon had been preparing for a $733 billion budget for FY20, until a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/26\/its-official-dod-told-to-take-cut-with-fy20-budget\/\" target=_blank>surprise announcement<\/a> by President Donald Trump cut that to $700 billion. Pentagon planners have been scrambling the last few weeks to find ways to make those numbers work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Q&amp;A session afterwards, the secretary tried to downplay the potential chaos of such a surprise cut, calling it \u201cthe normal give and take of building the president\u2019s budget,\u201d adding \u201cit should be challenging. We don\u2019t want to spend any money in excess of what is needed on our defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/12\/01\/mattis-sees-progress-in-afghanistan-but-no-plans-for-troop-drawdowns\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18290196551471.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Mattis sees progress in Afghanistan, but no plans for troop drawdowns<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The defense secretary said if U.S. forces leave today, it will mean new attacks on the American homeland.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Mattis indicated that he would push for more money behind doors, noting that Inhofe and Thornberry have laid out their view and \u201cI would just tell you that the issue is in play, and I\u2019ll give my advice to the president, I owe him the courtesy of that in private before I speak about it in public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have go to make certain we can restore America\u2019s strength,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s up to me to make the logical argument about what the president\u2019s submission should look like to the Office of Management and Budget, to the Congress &#8230; at that point, the Congress will take our input on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m optimistic at 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