On the recordJuly 17, 2012
For every 50 convoys of gasoline we bring in, we lose a Marine, we lose a Marine killed or wounded. That is too high a price to pay for fuel.
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Ray Mabus
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congress.govFor every 50 convoys of gasoline we bring in, we lose a Marine, we lose a Marine killed or wounded. That is too high a price to pay for fuel.
Mabus highlights the human cost of military fuel logistics.
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