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Dick Durbin: “I asked you to do it, and you did it quickly. So quickly I…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Secures Promise From Army Secretary To Protect Rock Island Arsenal From Drastic Job Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 04:36

So while one brigade is coming back, we still have a pretty big force presence from the United States army in Europe. Thank you, General. Mr. Secretary, I want to thank you for visiting the Rock Island Arsenal last year. I asked you to do it, and you did it quickly. So quickly I couldn't go with you. But thank you anyway for visiting and for working with me over the past year to protect that Arsenal team from job cuts that may hurt our organic industrial base. (04:36–04:41)

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Asserts that the Secretary visited Rock Island Arsenal quickly after being asked.

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