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Deborah Lee James: “I worry that we will have airmen who will needlessly die and become injured.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
I worry that we will have airmen who will needlessly die and become injured.
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Deborah Lee James

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James expresses concern over the impact of sequestration on military readiness and safety.

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