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Robert F. Hale, the Defense Department's comptroller, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, the Joint Staff's director of force structure, resources and assessment, brief the press at the Pentagon, April 10, 2013. The two officials discussed how the department would efficiently and affordably maintain readiness.

MAINTAINING READINESS

Robert F. Hale, the Defense Department's comptroller, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, the Joint Staff's director of force structure, resources and assessment, brief the press at the Pentagon, April 10, 2013. The two officials discussed how the department would efficiently and affordably maintain readiness.

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