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On the recordMarch 16, 2016
There is nothing worse for a Navy family, then, to say, 'Hey, listen we are planning on a 7-month deployment' and, guess what, it turns to 8 months or 9 months or 10 months.
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

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Wittman highlights the impact of deployment extensions on Navy families.

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