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On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
Can you share--you don't have to do it right now, obviously, but if you could get to my office--maybe what you see those trend lines look like over the last several years and where we're going in literacy attainment within our security force that Afghanistan has, as well as the retention rate?
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Senator Begich requests information on trends in literacy and retention rates.

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