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John McCain: One of the reasons why you are having to impose these burdens and the extended deployments and the lack of readiness is…

On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
One of the reasons why you are having to impose these burdens and the extended deployments and the lack of readiness is because of sequestration.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain links military burdens and readiness issues to sequestration policies.

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