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Roger Wicker: “We're nowhere near the 50-plus that we would need for the steady state; is that correct?”

On the recordApril 1, 2014
We're nowhere near the 50-plus that we would need for the steady state; is that correct?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker questions the adequacy of current amphibious ship numbers.

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