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On the recordJune 18, 2013
Unfortunately, at the onset of the program back in the 1990s was what happens frequently, and that is that everyone got together in the Department and basically deceived themselves about how hard the job was going to be and how expensive it was going to be.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses the initial misconceptions about the F-35 program's challenges and costs.

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