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Jeanne Shaheen: “It's very hard to do long-term strategic planning with short-term budgeting.”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
It's very hard to do long-term strategic planning with short-term budgeting.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the challenges of unpredictable defense budgeting.

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