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Thad Cochran: “In the current fiscal environment and the uncertainty of future funding levels, we need to know the consequences of…”

On the recordJune 10, 2013
In the current fiscal environment and the uncertainty of future funding levels, we need to know the consequences of sequestration and its impact on the Department of Defense and ultimately on our national security interests.
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

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Cochran emphasizes the need to understand sequestration's effects on defense and national security.

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