03/20/2012
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"I am concerned that continuing to ask our military members and DOD civilians to assume more risk by doing more with less will eventually break faith with our troops."
"I realize that this administration's revised defense strategy calls for less force structure and greater operational flexibility in certain combatant command areas of responsibility."
"The fiscal year 2014 budget does not factor in sequestration and was submitted before fiscal year 2013 sequestration was in place."
"Undersea strike volume will decrease by approximately 63 percent in the 2030 timeframe due to two factors: SSN force structure reductions and SSGN retirement."