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On the recordMarch 9, 2010
various study groups in recent years have questioned the wisdom of the military's traditional 20-year requirement to earn retired pay
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham discusses the debate over military retirement pay requirements.

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