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Steve Womack: it is a constitutional imperative to provide for the common defense.

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
it is a constitutional imperative to provide for the common defense.
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Steve Womack
Republican · Arkansas

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Womack emphasizes the constitutional duty to ensure national defense.

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