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Tom Cotton: “To build upon Senator Sullivan's comments about 450,000 being an unacceptable risk in terms of end strength, there are…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2016
To build upon Senator Sullivan's comments about 450,000 being an unacceptable risk in terms of end strength, there are some ideas in this Congress to mandate a higher level than that, say 480, 490, what have you.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton discusses proposals in Congress to raise military end strength beyond 450,000.

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