Shutting our government down, as many of my Democratic colleagues are apparently considering that not just some political stunt, there are real and consequential national security risks if they choose to go through with this reckless scheme. A government shutdown will disrupt military training and could force us to cancel planned exercises with our allies and partners. These are the very same alliances that Democrats claim to care so much about supporting and preserving. Furthermore, shutdown will disrupt ongoing work to modernize our nuclear forces, which is already behind schedule. (22:35–22:42)
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Asserts that a government shutdown will disrupt military training and planned exercises.
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