04/06/2009
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"recruiting and retention bonuses are absolutely vital right now, especially for filling some of our stressed career areas"
"Despite the administration's stated attempt to engage Asia, the FY 2012 budget fails to provide the diplomatic funding and foreign assistance needed to rebalance our long-term and short-term strategic..."
"Thank you very much."
"We have so many people, who are now contracting force, who are doing, at a minimum, quasi-military functions."