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Roger Wicker: “Secretary Panetta, why are these people performing maintenance or conducting training that has traditionally been…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
Secretary Panetta, why are these people performing maintenance or conducting training that has traditionally been performed by the Active-Duty Force?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker questions the shift of military tasks to civilian personnel.

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