01/13/2009
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"Only then will our industrial base be able to provide the readiness required of our Navy today and into the future."
"The Army has indicated its need for BRAC repeatedly in testimony."
"That logistics and sustainment infrastructure exists to provide for the Nation in times of war, to behave as that buffer and ability to surge."
"I think, even though it is not all that well-defined, I think we have a hollow force today. I am very much concerned about it."