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Patrick Leahy: “There has never been a time in my 41 years here in the Senate when the military has been as small as it is now.”

On the recordMay 5, 2015
There has never been a time in my 41 years here in the Senate when the military has been as small as it is now.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the reduced size of the military over his Senate tenure.

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