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Elijah Cummings: “And what would the impact be on our national security and the viability of our merchant marine if vessels were forced to…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
And what would the impact be on our national security and the viability of our merchant marine if vessels were forced to leave the MSP program and if they then decided to leave the U.S. flag?
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings questions the national security implications of losing vessels from the MSP program.

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