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On the recordJuly 15, 2014
the amount of money we are requesting, or that we envision inside this request--the $500 million--is a pretty reasonable planning factor for what we would expect to do.
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Martin Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the funding request for training and equipping opposition forces.

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