Daniel Akaka actually said...

I think that your commitment will be tested in the months to come because there are those who, I think in a myopic way, focus on reducing the size of the Federal Government and what they really mean is reducing the size of the Federal workforce.

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Akaka warns about the risks of reducing the Federal workforce size.

09/19/2011

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