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On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
Well, I think you have good reason to worry about it. Pulling their fair share gets harder and harder and harder, as their fair share becomes longer and longer and longer.
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Robert C. Byrd

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Senator Byrd expresses concern over the increasing duration of deployments for Guard and Reserve forces.

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