07/20/2022
https://www.msnbc.com...
"Senator McCaskill. Well, your management report says you had already spent $8.5 million on R&D before September, so what was that money?"
"It would be a shame for us to lose this capability because one branch says not us and the other branch says not us."
"Which, of course, saves us money. When we figure out something is not ready for prime time, then we do not chase bad money after good."
"We are manning, equipping, and protecting our soldiers. We know that. We are not talking about testing for something that is not directly relevant to doing what we are asking our soldiers to do."