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Ted Cruz: “The army general in charge of aviation refused to hand over…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sens. Cruz and Cantwell Hold Press Conference on Stripping Section 373 from the NDAA

Published | Video Starts at 30:21

And I will say we had a hearing in this committee. In fact, in this committee rooming, sitting almost exactly where you are now was The army general in charge of aviation refused to hand over the memorandum governing when they would use ADS B out. And ultimately Senator Cantwell and I had to threaten issuing a subpoena to the Army. And I'll tell you, I reached out to Secretary Hegseth and said, look, this is stupid. (30:21–30:36)

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Asserts that the army general refused to provide a memorandum on ADS B out usage.

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