The military: By April 1, however, the Navy will shut down an entire carrier air wing and the Army will stop bringing in equipment for major overhauls. The longer the budget cuts last, the greater the kind of damage Sen. John McCain, R.-Ariz., warned about on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”
“If you deprive the military of the ability to train, the ability to have flight hours for our pilots and air crews, the ability of our people to have the right kind of equipment to fight with, then you are putting us in danger in my view,” McCain said.
