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Mark Esper: “Our failure to modernize as quickly as possible will most likely increase risk to the force. This makes reform of our…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2017
Our failure to modernize as quickly as possible will most likely increase risk to the force. This makes reform of our Industrial Age acquisition system a strategic imperative.
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Mark Esper

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Stresses urgency of modernization to mitigate risks to military forces.

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