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Marshall Sanford: “My only question for the gentleman would be, does he think that there might be 3 percent or just shy of 3 percent of…”

On the recordJune 11, 1997
My only question for the gentleman would be, does he think that there might be 3 percent or just shy of 3 percent of waste within the State Department?
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina

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Questioning potential waste in the State Department during a discussion.

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