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Martin Dempsey: “We have no slack, no margin left for error or strategic surprise”

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
We have no slack, no margin left for error or strategic surprise
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Martin Dempsey

Editor's note · Context

Dempsey emphasizes the critical state of military readiness.

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