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On the recordApril 4, 2006
Money taken from defense appropriations is -- still remains the highest number and still the most outrageous, because it diverts money from our national definition and the men and women who are -- who are serving and fighting and risking their lives.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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Senator McCain criticizes the diversion of defense funds to other projects.

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