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Roscoe Bartlett: “I continue to be concerned that we spend billions of dollars on weapon systems only to change the underlying requirement…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
I continue to be concerned that we spend billions of dollars on weapon systems only to change the underlying requirement and terminate the program.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Maryland

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Concern over the waste in defense spending due to changing requirements.

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