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Tom Cotton: “The biggest challenge our defense establishment faces is one of institutional inertia.”

On the recordMarch 14, 2017
The biggest challenge our defense establishment faces is one of institutional inertia.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Highlighting the need for modernization in defense strategies.

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