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On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
If sequestration played out through the remainder of the years that the BCA projected, are there capabilities that we just plain-old lose at the end of that?
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen questions the impact of sequestration on military capabilities.

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