WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Dec. 13, on funding our military:

Now, on another matter, Madam President, over the last eight years, our foreign policy was guided by a Commander in Chief who wished to draw down conventional military power from across the globe. Iran, China, and Russia have sought to fill this vacuum and exploit the perception that America was withdrawing.