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Mitch McConnell: The Defense Authorization Bill requires four or five weeks to debate. But instead of having that debate or turning to…

On the recordDecember 6, 2010
The Defense Authorization Bill requires four or five weeks to debate. But instead of having that debate or turning to the Defense Appropriations Bill which funds the military, they want to use this week for a political exercise.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell criticizes the use of time for political exercises instead of debating the Defense Authorization Bill.

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