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Jeanne Shaheen: “Last year's Bipartisan Budget Act did not fix our force readiness problem. It only temporarily stopped the hemorrhaging…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
Last year's Bipartisan Budget Act did not fix our force readiness problem. It only temporarily stopped the hemorrhaging of readiness.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen emphasizes the inadequacy of the Bipartisan Budget Act regarding military readiness.

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