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Joe Courtney: “If the sequester levels go into effect in 2016 and years beyond, I mean, really it is not just aircraft carriers that…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
If the sequester levels go into effect in 2016 and years beyond, I mean, really it is not just aircraft carriers that are going to be impacted.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney discusses the broader impact of sequester on military budgets beyond aircraft carriers.

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