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On the recordMarch 1, 2017
The BCA's devastating budget cuts have allowed our military's capabilities to atrophy, our force size to shrink, and as a result we are assuming too much risk in our military preparedness to fight and win against near-peer and peer competitors.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Highlights the negative impact of budget cuts on military readiness.

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