Defense budget cuts must be balanced
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the media during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 31, 2011. The chairman was in Afghanistan to get the ground truth from commanders and service members. He visited service members at Kandahar, Sangin, Lashkar-Gah and Tarin Khowt. (Defense Department photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley)