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Byron Dorgan: it is unbelievable to me that we have 100 of these. This is one I am particularly concerned about because I think it…

On the recordApril 20, 2010
it is unbelievable to me that we have 100 of these. This is one I am particularly concerned about because I think it misuses a soldier's promotion in pursuit of something that really cannot be done by an agency, and I regret this is happening. This should not happen. And how on Earth are we going to find ways to work together in this place if this is the way we do business? This makes no sense to me. It is not fair to a soldier. People listening to this would understand somebody demanding that an agency do something it cannot do in exchange for releasing a hold on a soldier's promotion? Is that what we have come to here? I hope not.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota
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Apr 20, 2010

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Senator Dorgan expresses concern over the misuse of a soldier's promotion in legislative negotiations.

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