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Ron Johnson: “State will overspend hundreds of millions of dollars…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Chairman Johnson remarks at HSGAC hearing on avoiding government duplication

Published | Video Starts at 02:36

In duplication, by constructing a facility only for hands on security training, State failed to achieve its main objective, consolidation. Not only State will overspend hundreds of millions of dollars building, operating, and maintaining a new facility at Fort Pickett. But it will also have to contract and lease other facilities, provide soft skills training components. (02:36–02:42)

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Asserts that the State Department will overspend by hundreds of millions on the new facility.

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