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Tom Cotton

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Tom Cotton is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Arkansas since January 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he has been a prominent voice on various national security and foreign policy issues. Cotton is known for his strong stance on military matters and has advocated for a robust U.S. presence abroad, particularly in relation to China and Russia. He has also focused on immigration reform and economic policies aimed at supporting American workers.

Mar 18, 2015

Our fiscal year 2016 budget takes steps to balance the many challenges we face in capacity, capability, and readiness.

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Mar 18, 2015

General Holmes, will the Air Force experience the same maintenance manning shortfall challenges as you are experiencing with the F-35 bed down?

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Mar 18, 2015

Over the past 5 years, the current version of DCGS has struggled to provide its promised capabilities.

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Mar 18, 2015

Instead of strengthening our military and ensuring our men and women in uniform have the comprehensive training and world-class equipment they need, sustained defense budget cuts, in combination with mindless sequestration, are damaging…

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Mar 18, 2015

We have the smallest and oldest Air Force since our inception in 1947.

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Mar 18, 2015

This approach, keeping sequestration in effect for fiscal year 2016, plusing up OCO spending, not good, better than nothing.

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Mar 18, 2015

I apologize. I do not know if this is better directed towards General Williamson or the G-3s. Can we get an update on where these operational needs statements responses stand?

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Mar 18, 2015

So I have to say then that if today is 2015, 2021--you said that those other fighters and the bomber are adequate to replace, but adequate in my opinion is not necessarily enough when it comes to supporting the troops on the ground that…

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Mar 18, 2015

I would point out that Russia, because of the falling price of oil, has implemented its own version of sequestration.

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Mar 18, 2015

These increasingly aggressive activities by our adversaries is no coincidence as they observe our fiscal struggles, and therefore Congress must act to repeal the damaging effects of the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 funding caps and…

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Mar 18, 2015

The U.S. Air Force is unquestionably the best and the most globally engaged air force on the planet.

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