02/07/2017
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"despite well-founded attempts to improve our Federal Acquisition Rules (FARs) they remain complicated and outdated, leading to increased procurement times and costs."
"This strategy of not replacing units as they rotate out of Afghanistan is disruptive and increases risk."
"Their elimination from U.S. stockpiles would put the lives of its soldiers and those of its coalition partners at risk."
"Dr. Carter, is 2,443 the validated number of F-35s required by our Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps?"