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On the recordAugust 4, 2007
Every one of these earmarks are competitively granted under the regulations of the Defense Department. We depend on them to competitively check them over, and they do.
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John Murtha
Pennsylvania

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Discussing the competitive granting of earmarks in the Defense Department.

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