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On the recordNovember 9, 2011
Right. But as I understand this whole procedure is to give you access to talk about those State missions, which you effectively don't have any control of because you can't force them to change their budgets.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed emphasizes the limitations of control over state missions.

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