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Andrew P. Hunter: “That is true. I think one reason Bob was so helpful on aerospace issues and on military issues and was so good to this…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2001
That is true. I think one reason Bob was so helpful on aerospace issues and on military issues and was so good to this House and such a leader in the House is that Bob Dornan loved and appreciated American air power. Somebody mentioned the other day that American troops had not been killed by foreign air power, that is, by an adversary's air power, for something like 40 years. That is the period of time during which we have held total mastery of the skies in all the engagements that we have been involved in.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois

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Discussing the contributions of Bob Dornan to aerospace and military issues.

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