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Jack Reed: “I wonder if there is a way to restore a second boat to fiscal year 2014 or to mitigate the effects of the delay.”

On the recordApril 18, 2012
I wonder if there is a way to restore a second boat to fiscal year 2014 or to mitigate the effects of the delay.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed questions the possibility of restoring funding for submarines.

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