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On the recordMarch 25, 2015
the restrictions that are inherent in OCO funding, as the chairman highlighted, do not allow us to have the flexibility required to get at home station readiness for units that are not deploying in support of a contingency operation.
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Madeleine Bordallo
Democratic · Guam

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Bordallo discusses the limitations of OCO funding on military readiness.

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