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Daniel Driscoll: “For too long, what the army has done is it has misweighted…”

Featuring: Daniel Driscoll, Republican | United States Secretary of the Army | National

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Army Sec. Daniel Driscoll on the Race to Equip the Military For Future Wars | WSJ News

Published | Video Starts at 03:23

To help accomplish all of these goals, Driscoll is changing the way the army buys equipment and technology, streamlining the army's program executive offices and allowing acquisition officials to award contracts faster. For too long, what the army has done is it has misweighted the risk. It has weighted the risk of doing something and getting it wrong as more risky than the risk of not doing anything at all. (03:23–03:27)

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Asserts that the army has historically misjudged the risk of action versus inaction.

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