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On the recordApril 20, 2010
That is correct, I think perhaps boasting about it. He is saying: I have to do this for my State. But there is nothing he can gain for his State because the Corps of Engineers cannot move on these issues. They do not have the authority. They do not have the legal capability. The result is, this soldier, whose promotion he is holding up, meanwhile is wafting in the wind for 6 months and loses his promotion.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Senator Dorgan discusses the implications of political actions on a soldier's promotion.

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