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On the recordOctober 14, 2009
Put yourself in a town meeting in Dover or Tupelo and the taxpayers are asking about a budget of $682 million of taxpayer dollars and help us formulate an answer as to how we measure success in the use of the funds, particularly in Afghanistan and in Iraq.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker emphasizes accountability for taxpayer spending on military broadcasting.

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