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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
What is particularly tragic is that sequestration is not a result of an economic emergency or a recession.
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Ash Carter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Sequestration is not due to economic issues but political gridlock.

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