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National Security Committee, does suggest no
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monic communism may also reduce the perceived
have little or no direct bearing on our national
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backs and downsizing has left many with the mis-
leaders also recognize the connection; however,
taken belief that Navy has stopped, or greatly
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reduced, hiring young men and women into our
instance, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott com-
enlisted and officer ranks." B. E. McGann,
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