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Joe Manchin: “I'm giving you my best evaluation and observation: if the $1.2 trillion that is sequestered over 10 years is supposed to…”

On the recordApril 23, 2013
I'm giving you my best evaluation and observation: if the $1.2 trillion that is sequestered over 10 years is supposed to accomplish and achieve, we will end up doing that.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin predicts the impact of sequestration on defense funding.

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