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Jack Reed: “These are magnificent young men and women that are doing the job of soldiering in the United States Army, but they can…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
These are magnificent young men and women that are doing the job of soldiering in the United States Army, but they can only take so much.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
congress.gov
Jan 23, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Commenting on the strain of long tours of duty on soldiers.

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