Given the uncertainty in the region, including Bahrain, as well as the crisis we are facing here at home with deep deficits, in your opinion, should taxpayer funds exceeding $370 million continue to be expended this fiscal year on the complete revitalization of our navy base at Manama, Bahrain, and our base at Isa, or would a pause be prudent to allow for further assessment of our requirements in the region?
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