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Secretary of the Army . The honourable

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john mccue met with US Division North

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leaders and blackjack soldiers during a

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september 14th visit to contingency

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operating base Warhorse Miku toured the

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base and answered questions from second

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advise and assist brigade , First

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Cavalry Division soldiers including how

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the army will manage proposed US budget

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cuts . This is your army you built

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and we both understand that and

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enormously appreciate and respect it

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and we want to keep it . It's the

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greatest land fighting force the world

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has ever seen without question . Nobody

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can debate that and it's our

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responsibility with whatever resources

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we are given to do the best job we can

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to preserve . Soldiers from First

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Battalion eighth Cavalry Regiment said

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they appreciate the army's most senior

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civilian leader . Taking time to

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candidly addressed their concerns .

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Just good to see the senior leadership

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is engaged in what's going on here .

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That they care about our perspective ,

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that they want to see see for

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themselves exactly what we're doing on

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the ground here . It's a good

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opportunity for us with all the

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uncertainty about the future of the

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army , the future of how our forces

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gonna look to get some answers directly

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from the civilian leadership Commons

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also said the Secretary of the Army's

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visit was straightforward and

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informative during a time of

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uncertainty for the future of Army

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operations , reporting for US Division

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North . I'm Staff Sergeant , josh

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Warburg . Everything else is perfect .

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Uh huh . Mhm