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Ken Calvert: “The DoD can't even pass an audit.”

Featuring: Ken Calvert, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 41

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Chairman Ken Calvert on the debt deal, how to put money into modern warfare and the CCP

Published | Video Starts at 02:16

The civilian workforce continues to grow as we can't meet our recruiting targets for the army, the Navy, the air force, the rest of the military. And we're operating antiquated systems, manual processes that The DoD can't even pass an audit. In short, this path we're on is unsustainable. We have to change it immediately. So, Chairman Calvert, there was a BRAC a long time ago, base realignment and closure commission, … (02:16–02:24)

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Asserts that the Department of Defense cannot pass an audit.

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