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Roger Wicker: “How important is cargo preference to sustaining an adequate sealift capability?”

On the recordMay 17, 2011
How important is cargo preference to sustaining an adequate sealift capability?
Said by
Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker asks about the significance of cargo preference for maintaining sealift readiness.

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