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Dick Durbin: In this fiscal year, there was an 11-percent increase in medical research at the Department of Defense.

On the recordMarch 24, 2015
In this fiscal year, there was an 11-percent increase in medical research at the Department of Defense.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights a budget increase for medical research in the Department of Defense.

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