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Ken Calvert: “The Navy is short, the air force is short.”

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

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

Published June 23, 2023 | Video Starts at 08:27

Underwater cyber and intel. Well, the army is doing a good job of downsizing by not just meeting their recruiting goals. They just got a message yesterday, they're 8500 short. So The Navy is short, the air force is short. So that's happening. And, yeah, we need to evaluate the force, you know, what's necessary in the next number of years to take on a rising China. (08:27–08:31)

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Asserts that both the Navy and the Air Force are also short on recruits.

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