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Jim Cooper: “The best I can tell this committee is doing little or nothing except talking about it.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
The best I can tell this committee is doing little or nothing except talking about it.
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Jim Cooper
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cooper laments the committee's lack of action on military issues.

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