Anthony Principi
Anthony Principi
Anthony Joseph Principiwas the fourth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He was appointed by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2001, and resigned on January 26, 2005. He is currently a lobbyist for Pfizer and chairman of QTC Management, a company that works on contracts for the Veterans Affairs Department...
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Why are we abandoning the region closest to the sea? I question the wisdom of doing that.
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The submarine base is more than piers and parking spaces for nuclear subs, ... tragic.
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I still don't buy their argument about savings.
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proposals to restructure military infrastructure against the human and painful impact of those proposals.
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At the end of the day, if you don't have end-strength reductions, you don't have any military savings,
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My challenge as chairman of the 2005 BRAC Commission was to ensure that I and the members of the commission understood the role IT played in the transformation strategy that served as the foundation of the Defense Department's base closure and realignment proposals.
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will positively shape our military for decades to come.
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While we listened carefully to the input from the local communities, military value was our top priority.
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We haven't been able to find an answer to the Persian Gulf Syndrome,
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the premiere public shipyard. It should be the gold standard by which we should measure other shipyards. Their ability to turn around subs quicker than any other shipyard, thereby saving the Navy (money), was significantly noted.
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We know that the decisions we reach will have a profound impact on the communities hosting our military installations, and more importantly, on the people who bring those communities to life.
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I fail to see at this point how you could arrive at the figures they arrived at. We're going through this effort to save money from excess capacity to modernize forces. If the savings aren't there, and it costs money to do this on top of all the economic upheaval, why are we doing this?
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It's important for our nation that our military and our society be close together. That's important for democracy. And it's important for recruiting. It's important for retention. It's important for building support for our engagements overseas.
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It keeps offices open in areas that would have a tremendous economic impact,