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Daniel Inouye: “Your decision to terminate the acquisition of the C-17s, the F-22s, the DDG 1000, and the future combat system vehicles…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2009
Your decision to terminate the acquisition of the C-17s, the F-22s, the DDG 1000, and the future combat system vehicles, we have concerns that it may send the wrong signal to our friends and our potential aggressors that we are reducing our capability.
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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Inouye expresses concerns about defense capability reduction due to military acquisition terminations.

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