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On the recordApril 6, 2011
It increasingly looks like we're not. And with the cash flow problems of the Japanese Government, I would have a pretty dim view of how this thing is going to go.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Senator Kirk doubts the feasibility of the Guam base due to Japan's financial issues.

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