Hearing on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 and Previously Authorized Programs Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session: Full Committee Hearings on Budget Request from the European Command : Hearing Held, March 8, 2006, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007 - 112 pages |
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