​What's the truth then? The senator said there "must be something going on" because it's not possible that the Department of Defense does not know what's going on. “Why would the government allow the public to be so frustrated? Why would the government allow a United States senator to be so frustrated? We heard this from both sides of the aisle,†he said.
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