Joe Manchin: “We think there is so much more our Guard could be doing in the role…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2016

We think there is so much more our Guard could be doing in the role that we are paying high-priced contractors to do.

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Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin criticizes reliance on contractors over the National Guard for military tasks.

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Joe Manchin: “We think there is so much more our Guard could be doing in the role that we are paying high-priced contractors to do.”