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On the recordMay 20, 2007
Well, if you look at the time that we actually spent in each area, given the fact that we spent less than 24 hours in any community, it would have been utterly impossible to do that trip commercially and -- and logistically.
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Jacob Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson defended the necessity of the trip he took, arguing that the limited time spent in each location justified the use of military jets.

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