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Security clearance reforms: our nation depends on it
Recent actions have dramatically reduced the backlog for investigations needed to grant security clearances. However, increases in the number of completed investigations created a whole new backlog in the next step of the process.
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper holds a media briefing at the Pentagon on Aug. 28, 2019, in Arlington, Va.
Esper can — and must — lead bold reform at the Pentagon
The kind of creativity and leadership Mark Esper showed as Army secretary is needed Pentagon-wide re-prioritize activities consistent with the National Defense Strategy, says the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in this commentary.
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