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Army Secretary: Significant Challenge To Do Better On Modernization

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Thursday, April 1st, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt Army officials are meeting stiff questioning on service modernization plans before Congressional defense committees and in recent reports, but the top service civilian believes the new strategy is reasonable and flexible. "I think the Army has a significant challenge to do a better job on its modernization efforts," Army Secretary John McHugh said yesterday at a Defense Writers Group breakfast. Change wasn't driven by Congress so much as by the Defense Department leadership, he said. "As 14…

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