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Susan Collins: “It has now been over 7 years since the initial call up and mobilization of National Guard and Reserve Forces in support…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2009
It has now been over 7 years since the initial call up and mobilization of National Guard and Reserve Forces in support of the global war on terrorism.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Collins highlights the prolonged mobilization of National Guard and Reserve Forces in the war on terror.

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