Yes. I wouldn't disagree with you at all on that. It's just--the way that this has been characterized so often in the media has been a DOD issue, and it's a national issue in which DOD is attempting put some efficiencies into, in my view.
On the recordApril 12, 2011
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Webb emphasizes that the issue is national, not just a DOD problem.
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