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On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
And if the President is going to continue to be the Commander in Chief and if he is going to continue to rightfully complain through his Secretary of Defense about the adverse effect of sequestration on our national defense capabilities, and I believe those concerns are legitimate, then I pray that Barack Obama, as Commander in Chief, will propose a specific bill that is introduced in the House of Representatives with some semblance of support, if not bipartisan, at least by Democrats, that details what his plan is so that the American people can see it and they can digest it and decide where they want to go with it.
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ROBERT HALE
Maine

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Calls for a specific bill from Obama addressing sequestration's impact on defense.

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