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On the recordMarch 6, 2012
In this era of constrained budgets, why would we pay more for contractors and not use military or even civilians, to do the necessary work of the Department?
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Madeleine Bordallo
Democratic · Guam

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Bordallo questions the use of contractors over military personnel amid budget constraints.

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