It is critical that we have a robust defense industrial base that can provide security to protect our intellectual property, but has the robustness to ensure that we're delivering the most cutting edge capability to our forces. It would be my commitment, if confirmed into the job, to explore those barriers that are preventing new entrants and private capital from entering the defense industrial base. to accelerate the production capacity of our defense industrial base and to create new innovation to get it in the hands of the war fighter. Thank you. Thank you, Senator. (05:19–05:30)
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Commits to exploring barriers preventing new entrants and private capital in the defense industrial base.
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