We need to spend money on industrialization, we need to spend money on acquisition, and we need to spend money on personnel. But I would add, and thank you for your time, I would add that Underfunding the civilians who are so critically important to our defense effort in the Pentagon and in other agencies in government is a very bad mistake. which we have avoided in the past by having some degree of equality between the civilians and the military, both critically important to our national security. (06:24–06:56)
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Asserts that underfunding civilians in defense efforts is a significant mistake.
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