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Gary Peters: “This is a very important position. Unfortunately, we have a lot of IG positions that have been going unfilled for too…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
This is a very important position. Unfortunately, we have a lot of IG positions that have been going unfilled for too long.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters highlights the significance of the Inspector General role and the backlog of unfilled positions.

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