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On the recordJuly 10, 2012
Let me just close with an interesting article that I read in Newsweek where basically Secretary Robert Gates was talking about when he came in, Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said there were 17 layers between his command decision and the implementation in the military. Now it is 30.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson highlights increasing inefficiency in military command layers.

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