exposed to vietnam through water purification system that s just one this is 60,000 soldiers. so when you come up 1700 here, 800 here, 60,000. maybe we don t need a va? maybe if they scree up here you have been that s just one aspect. people say it s absurd. it s useless. we can take a guy like this one right here, admiral straw was the former head of dla, this is a logistics what is dla. the defense logistics agency ump they ve provide all the things slipped around the world. fuel, clothing, medical supplies, repair parts. put member like him in charge get this guy right there. there you go. he could right now orchestrate bringing on the amount of personnel needed in a temporary active duty status to fulfill the requirement of getting rid of the backlog, and then we ll know. everybody talking about we have to do for our soldiers in the
morrisy, the economist who joined us. you give us dire circumstances. i understand even if they reach a deal on the fiscal cliff, there are already defense cuts that will hurt anyway. that s right. those decisions have been made. what s so disappointing about this deal being constructed here, and hopefully there is one, is the fact sequestration is not on the table. that is going to take place anyway. we look at the readiness of our forces and readiness is a word that describes the preparedness to fight effectively and that he is what americans should remember. we look at one, do we have the people, and are they qualified with the appropriate skill sets, enlisted and officer. do we have the repair parts and maintenance hours to fix the equipment that we have and then are we able to train effectively with that with the amount of hours and time needed to do
programs. as the deadline draws close, experts are looking at national security standpoint and warning one final time about the impact on the safety of our service members. it s going to affect the operational force that is deployed in terms of its ability to maintain equipment, to get repair parts. that force is delayed around the world, not just the force in afghanistan that is being reduced. it would impact on the training of the force and preparedness. reporter: white house officials say it s unclear what is going to happen. on friday john mccain said he doesn t see how a deal gets done without addressing the cuts. a lot of defense contractors will be okay, they have significant cash reserves but smaller contractors would haveef credit extended, trouble keeping their employees if they can t be
the safety of our service members. it s going to affect the operational force that s deployed in terms of its ability to maintain its equipment, to get repair parts, and that forces deployed around the world. not just the force that s in afghanistan that s being reduced. it would impact on the training of the force and its preparedness to conduct other operations. white house officials are saying it s unclear what will happen with the sequester. on friday republican senator john mccain said he doesn t see how a deal gets done without addressing these across the board cuts which could cost a lot of contractors their jobs. the large defense contractors will probably be okay. they have significant cash reserves, most of them. the smaller contractors would have trouble getting their lines of credit extended, trouble keeping their employees if they can t be assured of continued employment. the only way to i a void the automatic $492 billions in cuts