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Mike Turner: “If the Department of Defense is forced to accept sequestration-level budgets between fiscal year 2016 and 2023, what…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
If the Department of Defense is forced to accept sequestration-level budgets between fiscal year 2016 and 2023, what affect will that have on the capability and capacity of Navy and Marine Corps' strike fighter fleets to achieve the requirements of the National Defense Strategy?
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner questions the impact of budget cuts on military capabilities.

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