'We will rebuild our military,' Trump says
PHILADELPHIA _ Donald Trump detailed a proposal Wednesday to restore hundreds of billions of dollars in military budget cuts if he is elected president, but it is unclear whether his plans to pay for it would cover the full cost.
Trump has long called the state of the military a "disaster," blaming President Barack Obama for neglect. Trump, who delivered his military plan during a speech at Philadelphia's august Union Club, is wading into a budget debate that has at times consumed Obama's second term.
"It is so depleted," Trump said, describing a Navy that has fewer ships, an Air Force that uses old planes, and other changes in the structure of the military. "We will rebuild our military."
_ Tribune Washington Bureau
