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Roger Wicker: “I hope the Air Force will make an aggressive effort to educate our Senate and House colleagues of the impact…”

On the recordDecember 31, 2012
I hope the Air Force will make an aggressive effort to educate our Senate and House colleagues of the impact sequestration will have on our airmen and industrial base.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker emphasizes the need for awareness of sequestration's impact on military readiness.

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