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Joe Manchin: “The whole procurement system--the B-52 we put it in operation in 1952--it developed in 1952 and came into operation in…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
The whole procurement system--the B-52 we put it in operation in 1952--it developed in 1952 and came into operation in 1955.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin critiques the long-term procurement system for military aircraft.

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