And if not, what's your plan? So I. What we're. I think we can be more efficient. I think we can do more with less. But we are mission driven. And so If I see staffing shortages that will prohibit us from meeting the mission and too many people have taken a deferred retirement program, I'm going to no doubt hire more people in. So just so you understand the legislation, what Senator Cotton and I are trying to do is give authority to the Department of Defense for the four corners of any … (00:59–01:10)
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