This is not the first President who has tried it, but when it comes to a hiring freeze in the Department of Defense at the same time we are being told to give $30 billion more because we need more resources to get ready to protect America, it does not work.
Durbin argues that a hiring freeze contradicts the need for increased defense resources.
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