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On the recordMarch 16, 2009
You don't have to say container, but what I'm trying to do is to get something that's measurable, where we can look in a logical way at what these changes are going to do to the resupply pattern in there.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Senator Webb emphasizes the need for measurable data on resupply patterns.

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