If our Active Duty component is going to be reduced to the point... where the next major engagement will be one out of two people will be a Guard member or a reservist for a very long period of time, we will have to come to grips with that as a Nation.
On the recordMarch 27, 2012
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Graham emphasizes the need to reconsider reliance on Guard and Reserve forces.
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