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Daniel Inouye: “This strategy moves from having a capability to fight two major theater wars, to instead defeating a major adversary in…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
This strategy moves from having a capability to fight two major theater wars, to instead defeating a major adversary in one theater while denying aggression or applying unacceptable costs on another aggressor.
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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

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Inouye discusses the shift in military strategy due to budget constraints.

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