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On the recordMarch 30, 2011
I'm worried that you guys would be pushed into trying to sell us an agreement that was tangential progress instead of, you know--the question in these budget times is, are we going to build the base or not?
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kirk expresses concern about the adequacy of progress on the Guam base agreement.

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