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On the recordApril 8, 2024
the need to properly resource, ready, well-equipped, and integrated Guard and Reserve components could not be more clear yet, that is why it is so disappointing that the President's budget request for fiscal year 2025 cuts the Guard and Reserve budget by nearly $2 billion compared to fiscal year 2024.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins criticizes the President's budget cuts to the Guard and Reserve for fiscal year 2025.

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