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Lindsey Graham: “The participation rates are at 80,000. They are basing the current numbers on the 2002, 80,000 reservists mobilized.…”

On the recordMay 19, 2003
The participation rates are at 80,000. They are basing the current numbers on the 2002, 80,000 reservists mobilized. They are telling us that is not a true number; that, in reality, if this second option were offered, they would go from 80,000 to almost 350,000, and that has to be included.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing reservist mobilization rates and potential increases in participation.

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