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Angus King: “We hope the Army does not go to 420,000, but it is probably going to somewhere in the neighborhood of 450,000.”

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
We hope the Army does not go to 420,000, but it is probably going to somewhere in the neighborhood of 450,000.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King expresses concern about Army size reductions.

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