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Jon Tester: “How does anybody ever get anything done here if they do not have an advocate?”

On the recordMay 4, 2010
How does anybody ever get anything done here if they do not have an advocate?
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Tester questions the need for advocates in navigating military bureaucracy.

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