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Jack Reed: “One is we have to correct this issue, and my sense is that has to be done very quickly, immediately, for many reasons.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2014
One is we have to correct this issue, and my sense is that has to be done very quickly, immediately, for many reasons.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed stresses the need for immediate action on military compensation issues.

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