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Brian Schatz: “Is it true that the person who clicked on the erroneous missile alert button on the screen is paid around $40,000 a…”

On the recordApril 4, 2018
Is it true that the person who clicked on the erroneous missile alert button on the screen is paid around $40,000 a year?
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Senator Schatz questions the salary of the individual responsible for the missile alert error.

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