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Dick Durbin: “I just don't think this is fair to military families.”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
I just don't think this is fair to military families.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Sep 22, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Senator Durbin criticizes the elimination of the family-separation allowance for military families.

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