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Joseph J. Heck: “Why aren't we waiting for this group that is going out and holding stakeholder meetings, that is supposed to come back…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2014
Why aren't we waiting for this group that is going out and holding stakeholder meetings, that is supposed to come back with an objective view of how we need to modernize compensation and retirement, before we start nickeling and diming all these programs?
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Joseph J. Heck
Nevada

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Heck questions the urgency of DOD changes before the commission's findings.

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