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Mike Levin: just quickly, to follow up what Mr. Skelton has talked about, the Defense authorization bill was signed, and here is…

On the recordDecember 17, 2005
just quickly, to follow up what Mr. Skelton has talked about, the Defense authorization bill was signed, and here is what I read in CQ: ``House Armed Services Chairman Duncan Hunter confirmed through a spokesman that he inserted the provision,'' this is totally extraneous, apparently, if that happened after the signatures, ``at the behest of House leadership.'' And this is a quote: `` `Hunter reserves the right to support the leadership team,' said Harald Stavenas, his spokesman.'' Get the authorization bill on the floor.
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Mike Levin
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