Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen, is the reset funding request for fiscal year 2011 sufficient and when will we begin to see a return on its investment in reset in terms of improved readiness?
Evan Bayh: “Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen, is the reset funding request for fiscal year 2011 sufficient and when will we begin…”
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Bayh questions the sufficiency of reset funding for military readiness.
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