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Norman D. Dicks: “I guarantee my colleague we are being careful, careful almost to the extent where I think we are leaving the country…”

On the recordApril 3, 2003
I guarantee my colleague we are being careful, careful almost to the extent where I think we are leaving the country vulnerable, and I really do disagree. I think we have got a responsibility to get a plan in all the States. We do not have all 50 States under the National Guard program, to give each State a unit in support of local officials in a crisis. We still do not have that done. There is a lot of things we need to do, and money is important in getting it done.
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Discussing the need for a National Guard program in all states during a debate.

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