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Dick Durbin: “Sequestration cuts in 2013 eliminated $35 billion from the Department of Defense's base budget virtually overnight.”

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
Sequestration cuts in 2013 eliminated $35 billion from the Department of Defense's base budget virtually overnight.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses the immediate financial impact of sequestration on defense.

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