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On the recordMarch 6, 2012
Our job is to protect them. And deployment and the rate of deployment, the ratio of deploy-to-dwell has a dramatic, demonstrable effect now.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski emphasizes the importance of protecting Marines and the impact of deployment ratios on their health.

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