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Roger Wicker: “What is your assessment of the risk to the Marine Corps' ability to execute its objectives, for example, in the Asia…”

On the recordApril 1, 2014
What is your assessment of the risk to the Marine Corps' ability to execute its objectives, for example, in the Asia Pacific, if we do not provide you with the right number of ready, capable amphibious ships?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker inquires about risks to Marine Corps operations due to insufficient ships.

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