11/04/2013
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"We cannot leap over that idea to an extension."
"I believe this is the most uncertain I have seen the national security environment in my nearly 40 years of service."
"In 2014, I testified that fiscal shortfalls have caused the Army to implement tiered readiness."
"The choices we must make to meet sequestration-level funding are forcing us to reduce our Army to a size and with limited capabilities that I am not comfortable with."