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On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
Sequestration would significantly curtail important industrial base capabilities and skills which, if lost, would be difficult, expensive, and perhaps even impossible to replace.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Hagel highlights the detrimental effects of sequestration on the defense industrial base.

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