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Jimmy Carter: “It's a great loss to our country to have a well-trained military person who, because of excessive financial burdens on…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1980
It's a great loss to our country to have a well-trained military person who, because of excessive financial burdens on the family, have to resign from the military to seek a way to sustain their own loved ones.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Signing Into Law the Military Personnel and Compensation Amendments of 1980

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