If we had the same sort of casualty rate overseas, with young people dying as a result of some sort of situation we were in, as far as a war, there would be a tremendous uproar.
John Boozman: “If we had the same sort of casualty rate overseas, with young people dying as a result of some sort of situation we were…”
On the recordApril 2, 2014
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Boozman emphasizes the alarming rate of young deaths from drugs compared to war casualties.
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