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On the recordMarch 17, 2009
I want to make sure that we maintain a domestic industrial base that can respond to the ongoing need of our warfighters.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Murray stresses the importance of a responsive domestic industrial base for military support.

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