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On the recordSeptember 5, 2001
We are going to try to do a lot of things with what we have, with the $18 billion in extra spending that we anticipate this year above and beyond what we call the ``Clinton baseline.'' But that $18 billion, once again, does not come close to solving the equipment problem, which is about a $30-billion-per-year problem, solving the ammunition problems, the people problems, the other problems we have across the board. We are going to do as much as we can.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois
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Discussing military spending and equipment issues during a floor speech.

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