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Robert C. Byrd: “None of us doubts that the most precious asset of our defense system is the personnel who make it work.”

On the recordFebruary 4, 1980
None of us doubts that the most precious asset of our defense system is the personnel who make it work.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 4, 1980

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Supporting the Nunn-Warner substitute amendment on military pay.

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