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Mark Esper: Our failure to modernize as quickly as possible will most likely exacerbate the significant risks the Total Army now…

On the recordDecember 6, 2017
Our failure to modernize as quickly as possible will most likely exacerbate the significant risks the Total Army now faces.
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Mark Esper

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Stressing the urgency of modernization to mitigate risks.

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