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Marilyn Strickland: “We honor them. We love them for their service to this great country, but what we are talking about here is a policy that…”

On the recordOctober 15, 2003
We honor them. We love them for their service to this great country, but what we are talking about here is a policy that is flawed, and we are talking about the need to bring some common sense and sanity to the way we support our troops and the way we spend the American tax dollar.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the need for better policies to support U.S. troops and fiscal responsibility.

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