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Had a large impact on operations.
They testified today before

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the senate armed services committee
on the defense authorization

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request for fiscal 20 15 doors
comp commander general charles

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to Kobe. So the two year where
pre of offer by the bipartisan

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budget acted 20 13 has enabled
short term readiness fixes.

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But operations are suffering.

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The challenge of the budget control
artists you pushed ration

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remains here bring our ability to
plan and decide strategically

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frustrating our efforts to find
innovative solutions to complex

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national security challenges the
reminding us that the recent

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bipartisan budget act only postpones
but there's not a woman

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a the rescue or future. Readiness
inability to meet commission

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specified in the defense strategic
guidance of 2012 last year

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we to cancel more than 200 very
effective engaged in activities

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and numerous multi lateral exercises.

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Because of esa shortfalls were unable
to get after 74% of suspected

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maritime drug trafficking. I simply
sit and watch it go by.

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In because of service cuts.

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I don't expect to get any immediate
relief in terms of assets

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to work with some this
region of the world.

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General kelly added that the impact
of the United States reducing

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gateshead with you will be measured
in terms of influence and

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relationships in parts of the world
were our interaction has

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made a lasting difference..