If it turns out otherwise when the midterm review is completed, despite that best estimate on the part of the Secretary of Defense, will the amendment still authorize the expenditure of that $814 million in the ways specified? In other words, if it turns out to be inaccurate and there is only $600 million in savings, am I not correct that the amendment would nonetheless authorize the $814 million?
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