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Madeleine Bordallo: “I feel that, you know, if maintenance and training and all of this is lacking, the commanders, the captains of these…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2017
I feel that, you know, if maintenance and training and all of this is lacking, the commanders, the captains of these ships, should be, you know, letting everyone know about it, and certainly maybe we wouldn't be in this fix.
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Madeleine Bordallo
Democratic · Guam

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Bordallo emphasizes the importance of commanders reporting maintenance and training issues.

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