I think we need to be real careful here, but I also think we need to use this as an incentive with the leadership to remind them, relative to these most important Americans, the men and women who put themselves in harm's way on our behalf and stand between a threat and our civilian population, the most important Americans cannot have their needs met unless we do our work on time.
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