02/27/2017
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"Adversaries like China and Russia continue to challenge the rules-based order that America and our allies have created over the past century."
"The numbers of people in the Department of Defense civilian workforce has never been higher relative to those in uniform."
"Russia never stopped in designing and building nuclear weapons and weren't honest about what they are up to."
"I continue to be concerned by the efforts of some in this body to significantly cut the Department of Defense budget."