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Tony Thurmond: these nominations have been before us for quite a time. They all meet the requirements. They should be approved. They…

On the recordJune 20, 1996
these nominations have been before us for quite a time. They all meet the requirements. They should be approved. They are needed in their respective services. I hope that we could get those up as quickly as possible and get them approved. There is one that is being objected to by a Senator. Maybe we can act on the rest of them. I would like to see all of them acted on, including that one. But maybe we can act on the rest of them so they can go about performing their duties.
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Tony Thurmond
California

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Discussing the approval of military nominations during Senate floor debate.

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