And then bucket four is the bloat. We have just too many people up in our leadership. And so we're going to do things like cut one people from the Pentagon. We're going to push those soldiers that are stuck up here pushing paperwork around. We're going to get them back in helmets, get them back in formations to do the jobs that they actually signed up wanting to do. Those who know have been calling for changes like these for a long time. Former US Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre says the Pentagon's failure to adapt compromises its ability to fight. (02:08–02:18)
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