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. Any further delay could make this bad situation even worse. And the potential Schumer shutdown will hurt military preparedness by slowing recruiting, creating uncertainty in our defense supply chains and impacting our ability to produce badly needed munitions. (22:48–22:55)
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Asserts that a shutdown will disrupt nuclear modernization efforts that are behind schedule.
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