McCain Laments 'Accident After Accident' After Military Cuts
- Arizona senator blames loss of training and readiness
- Senate plans to take up defense-authorization bill this week
Damage to the portside of the USS John S. McCain destroyer following a collision with a merchant vessel while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on Aug. 21, 2017.
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Following a series of deadly accidents, Senator John McCain on Sunday renewed his calls to address what he described as a U.S. failure during the past eight years to ensure that the military is prepared, equipped and trained.
“Whenever you cut defense capabilities, the first thing that goes is the training and the readiness, because that’s easy enough to cancel,” the Arizona Republican and chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”