05/20/2013
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"The risk assumptions surrounding MQ-9 procurement made by the Air Force when developing their budget request were based on a starkly different reality in Afghanistan."
"It is increasingly clear that we will need to rely exclusively on our over-the-horizon intelligence assets, like the MQ-9 Reaper."
"I was deeply concerned by recent media reporting that at least 1,900 weapons, including machine guns and rocket launchers, had been lost or stolen from arms rooms over the course of the last decade."
"I firmly believe that arms rooms are the single best indicator of the unit's readiness."