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Roger Wicker: “What's your assessment of the risk to the Marine Corps and our troops' ability to execute objectives around the world…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
What's your assessment of the risk to the Marine Corps and our troops' ability to execute objectives around the world, and particularly the Asia-Pacific, if we do not get that number right?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker inquires about risks to military operations due to insufficient ships.

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