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Robert C. Byrd: Will these funds be sufficient to address the complaints that we have heard, and that you heard also, Mr. Secretary…

On the recordFebruary 16, 2005
Will these funds be sufficient to address the complaints that we have heard, and that you heard also, Mr. Secretary, when you were visiting there, that our troops are scrounging for armor in trash dumps?
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Robert C. Byrd
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Feb 16, 2005

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Senator Byrd questions funding sufficiency for troop armor.

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