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On the recordJanuary 10, 2018
I am deeply disappointed, and I share the chairman's concern, that the Department of Defense declined this committee's invitation to testify.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Expressing disappointment over the Department of Defense's refusal to testify before the committee.

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