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Neil Abercrombie: And so, I think it would be also fair to indicate that these two amendments that appear before us today, if anything…

On the recordJune 9, 1999
And so, I think it would be also fair to indicate that these two amendments that appear before us today, if anything, would be characterized by individuals on the Committee on Armed Services, such as myself, as possibly being even a little light in terms of what we might reasonably expect to impose given the sorry record that has appeared before us over the last 6 years.
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

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Discussing amendments during a debate in the Committee on Armed Services.

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