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On the recordMarch 27, 2012
If our Active Duty component is going to be reduced to the point... where the next major engagement will be one out of two people will be a Guard member or a reservist for a very long period of time, we will have to come to grips with that as a Nation.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham emphasizes the need to reconsider reliance on Guard and Reserve forces.

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