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Norman D. Dicks: “Unfortunately, that is not the way the gentleman wrote his amendment; so I would stand with my provision which says…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2011
Unfortunately, that is not the way the gentleman wrote his amendment; so I would stand with my provision which says further reductions risk harm to operations in the defense-wide account. So if you take 10 percent out of the account, it is going to affect Special Operations activities; education programs like the National Defense University, Defense Acquisition University--and Lord knows, we need help in acquisition; and organizations that perform basic operational functions like finance and human resources. I stand by my statement. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Jul 6, 2011

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