And at your confirmation hearing and again at last year's posture hearing, you committed to negotiating in good faith with the state and the community. So it was concerning that instead of what I would consider open communication and transparency, The army last year pursued unilateral condemnation language as shown by your attempt to add last minute NDA language to support condemnation. And Congress responded by instead reinforcing the continuing need for good faith negotiations. A unilateral decision to condemn state lands would bypass the community, the state government and the congressional delegation. (00:55–01:05)
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Asserts that the army attempted to add language to the NDA to support unilateral condemnation.
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