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On the recordFebruary 2, 1995
Could the gentleman address the issue of what the underfunding does to the leadership in terms of the types of decisions that they need to make, the day-to-day decisions based on the financial necessities of maintaining the forces, particularly the high levels of operation and high levels of deployment, and how that has an insidious effect on our military structure?
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James Longley
Republican · Maine

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Questioning the impact of military underfunding on leadership decisions and military structure.

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