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On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
I'm here to tell you, we have a stewardship toward these people and if we, the civilian leadership, don't articulate this stewardship, in a lot of cases it's not going to happen.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb emphasizes the responsibility of civilian leadership towards military personnel.

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