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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
When we give a well-performing soldier who has deployed (often multiple times) a pink slip simply to meet a budget-drive endstrength reduction, I think that is breaking faith.
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Kelly Ayotte
Republican · New Hampshire

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Ayotte criticizes involuntary separations of soldiers due to budget cuts.

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