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On the recordMarch 1, 2017
Listen to the representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars who have spent the week visiting Members' Capitol Hill offices to deliver the message that sequestration 'is the most significant readiness and national security threat of the 21st century.'
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

McGovern emphasizes the VFW's warning about the dangers of sequestration on national security.

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