03/03/2021
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"The costs of military pay and benefits are crowding out funds necessary for readiness and modernization of the force."
"The OCO, some people refer to that as 'loco money', because if you look at the accounting procedures of how that happens it's kind of hard to really get a handle on."
"have you performed any analysis of the potential readiness or operational impact of the loss of industrial capacity or capability to support fielded and deployed weapons systems?"
"The size and the steepness of cuts required by sequestration make it impossible to downsize the force in a deliberate, logical manner."