09/09/2014
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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."
"This assessment was deeply concerning to me and other members, and I believe better reflects the reality on the ground as we complete our withdraw."
"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."