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visiting fort Stewart for the first

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time . Secretary of the Army john Mccue

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arrived at Hunter Army airfield greeted

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by third Infantry Division Commanding

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General robert Abe Abrams and Division

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Command Sergeant Major Ed Watson .

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Secretary john Mchugh tells why

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feedback from the troops is important .

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I could never do this enough . The

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other thing it does is provide me the

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opportunity to hear directly from

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soldiers . How we're doing . Secretary

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Mccue dedicated most of his time to the

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soldiers , gaining insight to their

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concerns regarding budget cuts ,

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deployments and retention . We

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understand there the heart and soul

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holding army and when it comes to them

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and their families were going to do

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everything we can not to balance this

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budget on their backs . While at Fort

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Stewart , Secretary Mchugh also

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observed a live fire training exercise

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and even climbed inside an Abrams tank

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firing the 1 20 millimeter main gun on

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the M one a two tank . Secretary Mccue

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ensured troops that maintaining a

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strong fighting force while protecting

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soldiers and their families is a top

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priority reporting from fort Stewart

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Georgia . I'm Staff Sergeant Wendelin

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Young