I should have told them. I should have told them,

In all likelihood, it will have to spend more and at the same time make significant, politically sensitive cuts in the basing infrastructure and the purchase of new systems,

In the last decade, we have spent a lot to keep our force busy and ready, but we have not spent nearly enough on modernization, personnel, and facilities,

Current readiness is problematical, but future readiness is in serious trouble,

He's as passionate as anyone I know.

I edited a little bit . . . but I finished,