07/12/2022
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"I am worried that morale will suffer with cuts to important military family support programs."
"I have consistently heard leadership in DOD refer to the proposed reduction of defense budgets by $487 billion over the next 10 years as being 'mandated' by the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011."
"The F-35 Lightning program is the most critical major weapon acquisition being currently managed by DOD."
"Secretary Carter, do you have an estimate of the extra costs and workload for DOD to stop and then start contracts?"