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On the recordApril 1, 2014
I cannot tell you how many very high ranking naval officers have told me what a mistake it was to close the Brunswick Naval Air Station in my State because it was the last Active Duty air station in all of the Northeast.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Collins expresses regret over the closure of a key naval air station in Maine.

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