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Services are contributors to this ecosystem, not bystanders. They must deliver outcomes and they must deliver overmatch. And speaking of budgets and budget cycles, you may have seen President Trump's truth post of a few days ago... proposing a 1.5 trillion dollar budget for the War Department in fiscal year 27. This is by far the most ever in our history. A historic and generational investment in American security. We will not squander this once in a lifetime opportunity to rebuild our military. (37:16–37:29)

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