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Doug Collins: “We put the Corps of Engineers in the middle of major…”

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Published May 26, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:52

There's twofold. One is set aside, it's number two. The other one is the big one, and that is that We put the Corps of Engineers in the middle of major projects after Aurora, which Aurora was a debacle. But we put a corps of engineers. Corps of Engineers does not want to be here. They do not want to do our stuff, because what happens, we do our planning and then they get in and try to do planning. (04:52–05:00)

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Asserts that the involvement of the Corps of Engineers in VA projects causes delays.

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