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Roger Wicker: “How much funding could be saved over the next 20 years by retiring the U-2 in fiscal year 2014?”

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
How much funding could be saved over the next 20 years by retiring the U-2 in fiscal year 2014?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker inquires about potential savings from retiring the U-2 aircraft.

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