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Rob Wittman: “The threat of sequestration is not over. If sequestration persists, if we continue to hack away indiscriminately at our…”

On the recordApril 9, 2014
The threat of sequestration is not over. If sequestration persists, if we continue to hack away indiscriminately at our DOD budget, our readiness will erode to levels that will take decades to fix.
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

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Wittman warns about the dangers of continued sequestration on military readiness.

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