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On the recordJuly 25, 2011
I will be listening carefully to today's testimony for any indication that planning for the GNDA is taking into consideration the very real possibility that huge budget cuts proposed in this year's appropriations would be approved in the House of Representatives.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Concern over potential budget cuts affecting nuclear detection planning.

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