But instead of ascending his own ladder of transformation to political heaven, Obama has wound up simply a problem.

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We have seen the transformation progressing and based on our observations traffic is clearly a big problem.

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Given that so much of military equipment is already old and that force transformation will result in many new systems and platforms, now is an opportune time to begin dealing with this problem.

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