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Joe Courtney: “And that is our job, that is really how we fix this, not sort of finger pointing about whether or not people were doing…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
And that is our job, that is really how we fix this, not sort of finger pointing about whether or not people were doing planning for the indiscriminate cuts which Secretary Carter described those I think about two or three times before this committee last year.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Courtney emphasizes the need for constructive solutions over blame regarding budget cuts.

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