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Tony Thurmond: on behalf of Senator Grams of Minnesota, I offer an amendment that would require service secretaries to present a U.S.…

On the recordJune 23, 1998
on behalf of Senator Grams of Minnesota, I offer an amendment that would require service secretaries to present a U.S. flag to each retiring service member. I believe the amendment has been cleared by the other side.
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Tony Thurmond
California

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Introducing an amendment regarding the presentation of U.S. flags to retiring service members.

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