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Brian Schatz: “These arbitrary spending limits will force you to make hard choices, almost impossible choices, about how to invest in…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2015
These arbitrary spending limits will force you to make hard choices, almost impossible choices, about how to invest in the Army's future.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Schatz discusses the negative impact of sequester on Army funding and decision-making.

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