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American Federation of Government Employees told congressional leadership June 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe appreciate your support of a strong national defense and your recognition of the importance of a professional, apolitical civil service supporting our uniformed warfighters,\u201d Alethea Predeoux, director of AFGE\u2019s Legislative Department wrote in a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legislation to fund the Department of Defense was introduced in the House March 27, and hearings scheduled this week for the Senate Armed Services Committee will include markups of the proposed 2021 funding legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AFGE\u2019s letter to House and Senate appropriators focuses first on the opportunity to protect collective bargaining rights for DoD employees, specifically by counteracting a <a 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