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Chris Coons: “If we were to simply more directly fund through DOD the maintenance of a DOD appropriate sealift capacity, what…”

On the recordApril 14, 2015
If we were to simply more directly fund through DOD the maintenance of a DOD appropriate sealift capacity, what difference might there be in efficiency of outcome?
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Coons questions the efficiency of funding DOD sealift capacity for food aid.

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