Paul Ryan says U.S. military leaders are lying about budget request

This the Republican's bright light, the chair of the House Republican's Budget Committee Rep. Paul Ryan, calling U.S. military leaders liars.

Ryan was appearing at a National Journal policy summit, and was asked by the moderator why his budget didn't mirror the Pentagon's budget advice.

ROBERTS: Why did the committee choose to go against the advice of the generals?

RYAN: We don’t think the generals are giving us their true advice. We don’t think the generals believe that their budget is really the right budget. I believe that the president’s budget by virtue of the fact that when he released his budget number of about $500 billion, the number was announced at the same time they announced the beginning of their strategy review of the Pentagon’s budget. So what we get from the Pentagon is more of a budget driven strategy, not a strategy driven budget.

Yes. Paul Ryan just said that senior U.S. military officials and commanders were lying to Congress about their support for the budget request for defense, the request that is strongly supported by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Paul Ryan just called our military leaders liars.