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Roger Wicker: “What has happened in a year to cause you to go from a request of two ships to 24?”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
What has happened in a year to cause you to go from a request of two ships to 24?
Said by
Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Senator Wicker questioned the increase in ship requests over the past year.

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