Defueling Red Hill bunker isn't going to be that easy




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Summary: Hawaii health officials have ordered the Navy to remove fuel from a massive storage bunker after leaks made their way into a nearby aquifer. But the Pentagon announced this week it plans to fight the order in court, partly because officials see the Red Hill bunker as strategically vital to Navy operations in the Pacific. For more on the next steps – and why defueling Red Hill isn’t so easy – Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu talked with Tim Walton, a fellow and military logistics expert at the Hudson Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices