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Donald Norcross: “The Department of Defense did not consistently analyze the…”

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Glenn Grothman Demands DoD Cut 200,000 Civilian Employee Positions—Then Jill Tokuda Responds

Published July 23, 2026 | Video Starts at 07:20

In fact, the GAO, the Government Accountability Office already did a study on the Department of Defense implementated implementation of the 2025 reductions and they put out their findings in a report on May 29th of this year. And this is what we found. The Department of Defense did not consistently analyze the impacts on the civilian workforce reduction either in 25 or in prior years. So a study has been done and they did absolutely nothing with it. Instead, we're taking up this amendment which arbitrarily seeks recommendations to reach a target of $200,000 or … (07:20–07:31)

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Asserts that the Department of Defense failed to consistently analyze the impacts of workforce reductions.

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