According to the Washington Post, the battle over the budget that President Obama will submit Monday is emerging as a proxy for the 2016 presidential election debate on national security.
The president will ask Congress to break through its own spending caps — commonly referred to as “sequestration” — and allocate about $561 billion for Pentagon expenditures, about $38 billion more than is currently allowed under the law.
There’s broad consensus in both parties that the military needs more money to modernize its forces and meet its responsibilities. For now, though, it’s unclear how Congress and the White House can come to an agreement on where to find the additional funds.
The situation could provide an opening for Republicans to make an argument that they are the party best positioned to keep the country safe.
“A lot of Republicans see opportunity in an election that’s a referendum on Obama’s foreign policy,” said Danielle Pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
OK, Fine. 
…and they can’t find enough money to look after the veterans?
I think you may be from England, and I have to tell you – there are literally some politicians in the U.S. that think ISIS is coming across the Mexican border to the U.S. – and there is no evidence of it.
It seems to me that the Europeans worry less about the Middle East even though they live nearer to it….I don’t even get it myself….