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John Tierney: “that is absolutely accurate, and when they failed to do that they then tried to change the nature in which they proceed…”

On the recordJune 27, 2002
that is absolutely accurate, and when they failed to do that they then tried to change the nature in which they proceed with the system to make it harder to measure, and now they are trying to classify it. If I could add one word and make note of what the chairman said, this is strictly a matter of money in this case. It identifies only construction issues and not research issues and in no other way impedes the Department of Defense moving forward research on this. In fact, the very point is, let us research and know what it is we are building before we start throwing bad money after good.
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John Tierney
Massachusetts
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Discussing funding and research issues related to the Department of Defense.

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