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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

Will the new M40 variant have an extended effective firing range beyond that of the M40A5?

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

Last year we were able to get in the NDAA that every servicemember can get a mental health assessment.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

I want to make sure that your leaders at the squad and platoon level know, 'Make a call, talk to somebody.'

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

when you said the Army's mission is to win. We have to win there too in order to have success in Syria

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

When I met with the Israeli Defense Forces, they said what was critical in reducing suicides was pushing it down the chain of command.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

I would encourage you in your new position to really birddog this and to make sure that the squad leaders and the platoon leaders know, hey, let us know if you see something going sideways for one of the guys, one of the men and women, let…

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

I was in Iraq a few weeks ago with a group led by Senator Kaine, who's sitting next to me.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

In regards to what Senator McCain said before about General Dunford's testimony regarding Russia as perhaps the most dangerous threat to our country, there's recent reports that just came out about a directed energy weapon they've…

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

We have people who are starving, in effect, and we have the ability to try to do something about it.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

If you could, that would be very, very helpful, because it, from the description, seems to be an incredibly troubling and dangerous weapon that is being worked on right now.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

I would also encourage you to keep in mind some of the unique challenges that our female servicemembers face every single day.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

If confirmed, I would take an early opportunity to get on the ground to speak to commanders...

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

I think we not only have to win the battles, we have to re-acquire the hearts and minds of the people there.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

One of the greatest concerns was the Iraqi troops, and when you look at the number of ISIS fighters in Ramadi compared to the Iraqi troops, it was a very sparse number of ISIS fighters, but they won the day anyhow because the Iraqi troops…

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

It appears that the plan we have right now is really no plan.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

We need you to help in this humanitarian crisis.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

When we look foreign and we look at the challenges we have in the nuclear area in regards to submarine warfare, one of my greatest concerns is the efforts to attack us, cyber-wise, to find out our technology.

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Joe Donnelly
@joedonnelly· Democratic · IN· Feb 3, 2015

We were able to get additional mental health assistance through what is called the care package.

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