07/30/2015
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"I hope you will share my commitment today to avoid using gimmicks to get around the ban on earmarks."
"I really appreciate the core, fundamental concept of providing small-scale humanitarian relief and reconstruction projects to help win the local people and to provide force protection."
"I think it's great what Secretary Gates has done in terms of identifying $78 billion in the Pentagon and $100 billion across the branches."
"Anyone else want to briefly address that?"