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On the recordDecember 18, 2012
We are currently, today or tomorrow, going to vote for an $88 billion appropriation out of the National Defense Authorization Act for Afghanistan.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi discusses upcoming funding for military operations in Afghanistan.

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