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Hillary Clinton: We do not have the flexibility. And it is one of the reasons, to go back to the chairman's earlier comments, why so much…

On the recordMay 19, 2009
We do not have the flexibility. And it is one of the reasons, to go back to the chairman's earlier comments, why so much authority is ceded to the Defense Department, because they've got the flexibility.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton discusses the lack of flexibility in funding compared to the Defense Department.

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