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Brian Bilbray: “I have always worried that experts--what is the line they always say, generals always fight the last war, not the next…”

On the recordMay 15, 2012
I have always worried that experts--what is the line they always say, generals always fight the last war, not the next one.
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Brian Bilbray
California

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Bilbray reflects on military experts' reluctance to adapt to new technology.

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