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Joe Manchin: Rushing to change the law, yet again, could prove counterproductive to our ultimate objective of providing a sound…

On the recordJune 3, 2013
Rushing to change the law, yet again, could prove counterproductive to our ultimate objective of providing a sound, effective, efficient, and fair military justice system.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Cautions against hasty changes to military law affecting justice.

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