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Mazie Hirono: “I think it is politically feasible, and 2019 would be the target date, I would think.”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
I think it is politically feasible, and 2019 would be the target date, I would think.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono discusses the feasibility of deploying the USS Gerald Ford by 2019.

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