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On the recordMarch 7, 2010
If the supplemental is being replaced by the OCO request, then why is there such a large disparity?
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Roland Burris
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Burris questions the rationale behind the fiscal disparity in military funding requests.

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