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Henry Kissinger: “We have allowed inattention over 20 years to the structure, the practices, the bureaucracy of the Department of Defense…”

On the recordApril 12, 2016
We have allowed inattention over 20 years to the structure, the practices, the bureaucracy of the Department of Defense that it has become so dysfunctional.
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Henry Kissinger

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Kissinger highlights dysfunction within the Department of Defense.

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