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Tom Cotton: “In the long term, military spending is essential for controlling our deficits and ultimately our national debt because…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
In the long term, military spending is essential for controlling our deficits and ultimately our national debt because it creates the international system in which our economy operates.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton asserts military spending is vital for economic stability.

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