Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 2002: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 2001 |
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