03/02/2016
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"What I don't want is for us to be put in a position at any future time under any future construct where somebody says you have to close, you know, 20 bases or eliminate 20,000 jobs."
"During the Navy Posture Hearing of February 16, 2012, the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert and Commandant of the Marine Corps General James Amos said they did not see any bases they..."
"So am I safe to assume from that then you are saying there is no empirical evidence that has been put together to support additional rounds of BRAC?"
"The question then becomes strategically what is our focus? Is it the budget driving strategy or strategy driving the budget?"