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On the recordApril 23, 2013
Well, you make another excellent point, which is, there's, going forward, a capacity issue, because as you lose these very valuable, very experienced personnel...
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed highlights concerns about workforce capacity and expertise loss in government agencies.

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