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On the recordMarch 21, 2017
So basically what you're saying is if you don't have additional funding over and above what you had for last year, you'd run out of money and that's why you'd have to ground those squadrons.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King questions funding adequacy for military readiness.

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