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Lori Trahan: “The base, once nicknamed, quote, 'great place,' unquote, because of the quality of life it offered to its soldiers, has…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2020
The base, once nicknamed, quote, 'great place,' unquote, because of the quality of life it offered to its soldiers, has been transformed into, quote, 'the place where careers go to die,' unquote
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Lori Trahan
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Critiquing the decline in living conditions and morale at Fort Hood.

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