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On the recordAugust 2, 2007
The military is not broken. The Army is not broken. The Marine Corps is not broken. This continued depiction of our military people as victims who are totally desperate... is totally in error. We have never had better morale. We have never been more effective. The interesting thing is the people who are reenlisting are reenlisting from the combat units. That means that they think that their mission has value, and that means that they have high morale.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois
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Defending the morale and effectiveness of the U.S. military during a floor speech.

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