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Rob Wittman: “So those maintenance availabilities are deferred. Ultimately, you could end up with ships sitting in port because they…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2013
So those maintenance availabilities are deferred. Ultimately, you could end up with ships sitting in port because they are not able to go to sea because they don't have systems that may be up to speed or that are capable of doing the job that they are supposed to be doing?
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

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Wittman discusses the consequences of deferred maintenance on naval readiness.

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