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Jerry Moran: we cannot tolerate sequestration in the amount of--$1 trillion over the next decade in the Defense Department period.

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
we cannot tolerate sequestration in the amount of--$1 trillion over the next decade in the Defense Department period.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran emphasizes the severe impact of proposed sequestration on defense funding.

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