09/19/2023
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"The 30-year-old helicopters that now do that mission have to be replaced, do they not?"
"The recommendation made last go-around was not adopted by the Senate or Congress. The reason is, quite simply, in my view, BRAC is not cost-efficient."
"shouldn't we be closing or eliminating that excess capacity before we talk about another round of BRAC, which, in many ways, has been extraordinarily costly?"
"Would you agree that rescission of that one would send a message about the stability and the new era that we're entering to our National Guard and Reserve?"