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Robert C. Byrd: “It's not a money supplemental, it's a manpower supplemental.”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
It's not a money supplemental, it's a manpower supplemental.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
congress.gov
Sep 22, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Emphasis on the need for more troops rather than funding.

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