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On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
Yes, but of course, if you are in a period, as we have been, of starving the military, the first thing that goes is maintenance and then modernization because that is less visible out there.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe discusses the impact of military budget cuts on maintenance and modernization.

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