03/26/2025
https://www.thedailybeast.com...
"I fully understand, you know, as a 26-year veteran myself, good order and discipline, and an order is an order."
"What is your contingency plan to replace those capabilities on that type of scale if the Secretary sticks with his decision?"
"When these construction factors are taken together with the impact of several Biden executive orders, the overall military construction impact approaches 20 percent cost escalation from last year."
"With the Kearsarge amphibious ready group unable to deploy on time to respond to the Ukraine crisis this is particularly concerning."