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John McCain: If you keep deploying ships more than 7 months a year, you're not going to keep good people in the Navy.

On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
If you keep deploying ships more than 7 months a year, you're not going to keep good people in the Navy.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain warns that extended deployments will drive personnel away from the Navy.

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