02/14/2018
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"The DOD Labs contain the bulk of technology and engineering expertise of the Department, almost 40,000 scientists and engineers."
"we need senior officials at the Pentagon to help push the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and the military services to recognize the benefit of directed energy weapon systems."
"Experience does not support that."
"Thank you for bringing a sense of urgency to all of this, because I very much agree that has oftentimes been the missing piece to all of this."