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Joe Wilson: “Over the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), the combination of Budget Control Act (BCA) caps, our heavy reliance on…”

On the recordMay 1, 2017
Over the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), the combination of Budget Control Act (BCA) caps, our heavy reliance on Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding and an extremely high OPTEMPO rate bring USSOCOM dangerously close to sinking below a reasonable degree of readiness risk.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Wilson discusses the risks to USSOCOM's readiness due to budget constraints.

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