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Jim Inhofe: “We are forced to retire key assets, as the President said, such as the A-10, the Airborne Warning and Combat System…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
We are forced to retire key assets, as the President said, such as the A-10, the Airborne Warning and Combat System (AWACS), the U-2, the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), the EC-130, and delay procurement of some of our F-35s.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe discusses the retirement of key military assets due to budget constraints.

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