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Roger Wicker: “Funding to sequester levels removes flexibility to respond to emergent challenges.”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
Funding to sequester levels removes flexibility to respond to emergent challenges.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker highlights the risks of sequestration on military readiness.

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