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Lindsey Graham: “I thank the Senator. To follow on what Senator Wicker said, I have been trying to find out how this started to begin…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2013
I thank the Senator. To follow on what Senator Wicker said, I have been trying to find out how this started to begin with too. Whose good idea was this? So I called the Secretary of Defense, and he said: We did not do this. I talked to Chuck Hagel, and he said: This did not come from us. Because I said: What are you all doing over there? Please understand, Senator Graham, this did not come from us. I think Senator Wicker knows the exact number. But if you are a military retiree, on your DD214 form--I do not know if the Senator from Alabama knows this, but when you get your retirement, your discharge DD214 form, at the bottom it says: Subject to being recalled. Does the Senator know how many military retirees have been recalled since 9/11?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Dec 17, 2013

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