On the recordMay 17, 2011
We could always buy more equipment, but you cannot always buy more troops as if you can pull them in off the shelf.
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congress.govBarbara Mikulski: “We could always buy more equipment, but you cannot always buy more troops as if you can pull them in off the shelf.”
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Mikulski highlights the difficulty of rapidly increasing troop numbers compared to acquiring equipment.
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