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On the recordJune 10, 1999
I think the gentleman from Missouri would agree with me that we will have done a great service for the men and women in uniform if in fact the President says, Okay, on top of this year's appropriation and authorization for maintaining the military, I will come with extra money for the Yugoslav operation, for the peacekeeping operations, so we will not be dipping into ammunition accounts to fund that.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois

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Discussing military funding and support for peacekeeping operations.

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