On the recordFebruary 6, 2013
The U.S. military's alert posture is based on specific and credible intelligence.
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congress.govThe U.S. military's alert posture is based on specific and credible intelligence.
Panetta discusses how military alert levels are determined by intelligence.
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Something, somebody, somewhere failed to do the proper planning for what had to take place in order to properly support our men and women in uniform.
Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.
I think we have to take this intelligence assessment as a real threat to NATO.
It’s poor planning to wind up with your stockpiles of key weapons being depleted.