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On the recordOctober 27, 2015
So you are saying that for something as important for our national security as leading-edge microelectronics, we were awarding a 1-year contract with options to renegotiate?
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
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Speier questions the wisdom of a short-term contract for national security.

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