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John Drake: on rollcall No. 24, I was meeting with representatives of DOD on Military Health Care issues and did not realize the…

On the recordMarch 8, 2006
on rollcall No. 24, I was meeting with representatives of DOD on Military Health Care issues and did not realize the vote had finished and a new one started--my error. I simply mistimed it. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________
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John Drake
New York

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