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On the recordFebruary 8, 2012
We would be shooting ourselves in the head. It would be a Navy without ships, without sailors, brigades without bullets, air wings without trained pilots.
Said by
Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham criticizes sequestration's impact on military readiness.

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