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Bennie Thompson: “In my personal military judgment formed over 38 years, we are living in the most dangerous time in my lifetime right…”

On the recordApril 11, 2013
In my personal military judgment formed over 38 years, we are living in the most dangerous time in my lifetime right now, and I think sequestration would be completely oblivious to that and counterproductive.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson cites military judgment on the dangers of sequestration.

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