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On the recordJuly 31, 2013
this being a self-inflicted wound to our military readiness, it is also completely unnecessary.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Courtney criticizes the sequester cuts as harmful and unnecessary for military readiness.

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