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John McCain: Secretary Rumsfeld, supplemental bills are submitted by the administration for emergency spending requests. Why is…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2004
Secretary Rumsfeld, supplemental bills are submitted by the administration for emergency spending requests. Why is future end strength considered an emergency spending request? These are the same accounting gimmicks we accused the previous administration of committing.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona
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Feb 4, 2004

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Questioning the rationale for emergency spending on military end strength.

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