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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordDecember 6, 2017
We will not be able to address the threats facing this Nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona
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McCain critiques the current defense acquisition system's inefficiency and irresponsibility.

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