Zinke, Tester, Daines speak to veterans

United States defense forces are endangered because the Defense Department bureaucracy is expanding and the number of active duty troops is on the decline.

That was the warning from U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., who spoke to the Montana American Legion convention at HRDC in Havre on Sunday morning.

Representatives from legion posts throughout Montana were at the annual meeting.

"Admirals and bureaucrats don't win wars," Zinke told the veterans.

Zinke's speech followed appearances by two other members of the Montana congressional delegation Friday. Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and Repub...