This is, of course, on top of losing contact with pilots multiple times since August. Mr. Secretary, what can you tell us about this latest incident and why does this keep happening? I'll tell you this. The system is old, right? This is a system that's 25 at best, sometimes 50 years old. The Congress and the country haven't paid attention to it, Right? They expect it to work. (01:06–01:12)
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