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David Skaggs: If I can reclaim enough time to respond, I believe, as the gentleman knows, that funding is for looking at past…

On the recordJuly 9, 1997
If I can reclaim enough time to respond, I believe, as the gentleman knows, that funding is for looking at past classified information, things that have been sitting in the archives that need additional staffing in order to be able to be reviewed for declassification purposes. That is the real thrust of the funding that we put in the bill for declassification.
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David Skaggs
Colorado

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Discussing funding for declassification of past classified information.

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