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On the recordMarch 11, 1998
Our motto is that we are going to keep working and we are going to try to build that budget back up to where it should be so that we do a service rather than a disservice to the folks in uniform.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois

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Discussing budget priorities for the military during a National Security Committee meeting.

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