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Lindsey Graham: “The unraveling effect is what people worry about. If you fix it for the military retirees, what about the civilians? I…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2013
The unraveling effect is what people worry about. If you fix it for the military retirees, what about the civilians? I am willing to look at that. But the bottom line is they fought hard. They fought long. They have earned what they got. We should not retroactively diminish their retirement. They have worried enough. Let's do not give them anything to worry about for the holidays. Let's take this one off the table.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Dec 18, 2013

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