Military.com – Support for defense has eroded in Congress, say former Army leaders on hand this week for the Association of the United States Army conference in Washington, D.C. “I grew up in an era when Congress had a bipartisan consensus on the military,” said retired Lt. Gen. Dave Barno. “That era is now over. And if you watched what happened last week then it should be painfully apparent that I see no prospects for that [consensus] returning.
