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Dick Durbin: about 60 percent of the servicemen now in the war zone in Iraq have families back home.

On the recordApril 2, 2003
about 60 percent of the servicemen now in the war zone in Iraq have families back home.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Apr 2, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Pointing out the family situations of servicemen in Iraq.

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