On the recordFebruary 16, 2005
But it is not fair, on one hand, to praise an employer who stands behind the Guard and Reserve activated person, and then for the Federal Government to say, 'We're not going to do the same thing.'
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Durbin criticizes the federal government for not supporting deployed service members like employers do.
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