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Richard Shelby: “Well, given choices, and that's what you have to make in your role here, between $4 billion on better sensors versus…”

On the recordApril 10, 2018
Well, given choices, and that's what you have to make in your role here, between $4 billion on better sensors versus building an East Coast ground-based missile defense, what's your choice?
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Senator Shelby asks about prioritizing funding for sensors versus missile defense.

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