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Harry Reid: “So I hope my colleagues will listen very closely to this debate and approve the amendment of the Senator from West…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2003
So I hope my colleagues will listen very closely to this debate and approve the amendment of the Senator from West Virginia. It is very simple. If someone is a guard or reservist, they will be deployed no more than 180 days, and if they are a guard or reservist they cannot be deployed overseas twice in any 1-year period of time?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing an amendment related to deployment limits for guards and reservists.

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