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On the recordMarch 5, 2013
I would just clarify the chairman said sequestration. He doesn't mean the sequestration that we are dealing with here; he means the sequestration that is so going to disproportionately hit the Department of Defense.
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Martin Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Adam Smith discusses the impact of sequestration on the Department of Defense.

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