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Joe Lieberman: “I have been contemplating introducing an amendment on the floor when our bill comes up next week to include 2010 as a…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
I have been contemplating introducing an amendment on the floor when our bill comes up next week to include 2010 as a year in which that increase of 30,000 from 547,000 to 577,000 can begin.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman discusses a potential amendment to increase Army personnel in 2010.

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