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On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
I would ask you, as the new Secretary of the Navy, if you would go and speak to your superiors...
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Bill Nelson urges the Secretary of the Navy to secure design funding to avoid delays.

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