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Mike Turner: “With only 420,000 troops remaining, the Army would be substantially smaller than it was on 9/11.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
With only 420,000 troops remaining, the Army would be substantially smaller than it was on 9/11.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner highlights the reduction in Army personnel since 9/11.

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