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On the recordFebruary 4, 2004
If this occurs, it would be the first year in more than 20 years that our Navy will not be procuring a major surface combatant.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins warns about the implications of delaying the DD(X) destroyer.

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