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Trent Lott: “We've got the National Guard troops that we need, they're coming in there. They're coming in 1,200 a day into…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2005
We've got the National Guard troops that we need, they're coming in there. They're coming in 1,200 a day into Mississippi. We're going to have 6,000 to 7,000 in Mississippi alone.
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Trent Lott

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Trent Lott discusses the influx of National Guard troops to assist in recovery efforts in Mississippi.

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