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Can you run the army like a business?

The president-elect thinks so.

Vincent Viola arrives at Trump Tower for meetings with President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 16 in New York.
Vincent Viola arrives at Trump Tower for meetings with President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 16 in New York.
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President-elect Donald Trump announced he’ll nominate billionaire businessman Vincent Viola to be Secretary of the Army. In its announcement, Team Trump called Viola “well positioned to help guide a Fortune 10-sized company, the U.S. Army, to accomplish its broad mission in the most innovative and efficient way possible.” We ask, how?

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