I particularly want to thank all of our esteemed witnesses for accepting our invitation to discuss the plight of our military readiness. I think that we can all agree that the Declining readiness trends are unacceptable. These trends have been years in the making and are causing aircraft to be cannibalized and ground vehicles to sit idle as two examples. (00:27–00:31)
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Asserts that the current state of military readiness is not acceptable.
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