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Rob Wittman: “So it really starts to show the openings in the fabric, so to speak, when you have to do those things.”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2016
So it really starts to show the openings in the fabric, so to speak, when you have to do those things.
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

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Wittman discusses the challenges of military readiness and resource allocation.

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