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Joe Manchin: When a soldier tells me with his own mouth and he says I am going to go do exactly what I am doing now.

On the recordApril 17, 2012
When a soldier tells me with his own mouth and he says I am going to go do exactly what I am doing now.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin emphasizes soldiers performing the same tasks as contractors.

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