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Patty Murray: “The indiscriminate cuts from sequestration are threatening our fragile economic recovery, as well as our national…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
The indiscriminate cuts from sequestration are threatening our fragile economic recovery, as well as our national security.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray warns that sequestration cuts endanger economic recovery and security.

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