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Angus King: “By the way, I discovered firsthand a defect in the design of the George Washington-class aircraft carrier.”

On the recordMay 23, 2017
By the way, I discovered firsthand a defect in the design of the George Washington-class aircraft carrier.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King shares a personal experience with a design defect on a carrier.

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