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On the recordJune 27, 2002
I understand. But when we put in our end strength, the Secretary still has the discretion. To the credit of our Secretary, he has, if I understand--and I pose this to the Senator from Georgia as a question-- already exercised his discretion with regard to the Marine Corps, and has gone to that level with the Marine Corps and found the funding to achieve it in this bill. Am I not correct?
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing military funding and the Secretary's discretion regarding the Marine Corps.

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