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On the recordApril 27, 2016
Ours is not to question why. We serve at the pleasure of the Commander-in-Chief, period.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Perry asserts the duty of military personnel to follow the Commander-in-Chief's orders without question.

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