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John Fleming: “The military is indeed a unique organization, and that such restrictions, such policies can indeed go forward. I would…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2010
The military is indeed a unique organization, and that such restrictions, such policies can indeed go forward. I would just like to say, in wrapping up, a couple of important statistics that I think should be mentioned, and that is that 60 to 67 percent of Army and Marine combat members said that this would be a major disruption if this were implemented. Seventeen percent of the spouses said they would urge their active duty member to get out. And that certainly negates the argument that somehow we would not lose too many soldiers in this. So I urge my colleagues today to vote against this.
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana
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Dec 15, 2010

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The speaker addresses concerns about proposed military policy changes and their potential impact on service members.

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