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On the recordJune 20, 2001
This is an interesting thing. The ranking member on our side actually realizes there is a shortage in defense, and it may have something to do with his laryngitis that he cannot get the words out.
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John Murtha
Pennsylvania

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Commenting on a colleague's recognition of defense shortages.

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