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On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
We are doing more with more, but the more we're doing it with doesn't match the more we've been asked to do . . . we are beginning to show fraying around the edges.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn highlights the strain on special operations forces due to budget cuts.

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