
In his penultimate State of the Union address, President Barack Obama mentioned the military and veterans earlier and more often than in last year’s speech–but even members of his own party were disappointed in the scant details he offered and the lack of any mention of sequestration, which is set to tear back into the defense budget later this year.“The president made a very strong statement about national security–however, he ignored the effects of his pending sequestration,” House Armed Services…