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Martin Dempsey: “Nothing good comes of it because what essentially we do is we fence ourselves off from the next generation.”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
Nothing good comes of it because what essentially we do is we fence ourselves off from the next generation.
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Martin Dempsey

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General Dempsey discusses the consequences of cutting military aid to Egypt.

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