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On the recordMarch 30, 2011
Is there a way to have sort of, for lack of a better term, a Shinseki principle here that this IT effort is brought to bed by November of next year so that we make sure that we have full Shinseki management from start to finish exactly as we had for Stryker so that there is full accountability and no new personalities?
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

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Senator Kirk emphasizes the need for accountability in IT management.

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