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Susan Collins: “I don't think we ought to be trying to enhance the pain of sequestration.”

On the recordApril 10, 2013
I don't think we ought to be trying to enhance the pain of sequestration.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Collins expresses concern about the negative effects of sequestration on military operations and morale.

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