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John Phelan: “We have underinvested in our infrastructure for 20, probably…”

Featuring: John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy | National

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Morning Keynote: The Honorary John Phelan

Published | Video Starts at 52:32

Increased budget money is great, but if there's nothing to buy, it's useless. Yeah, great question, and a very frustrating one to me. So the bottom line is We have underinvested in our infrastructure for 20, probably 30 years. I think that's a result from the global war on terror, where we spent all that money. And what I noticed through budgeting cycles, which, by the way, is the most inane thing I've ever done, that we. (52:32–52:39)

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