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Ken Calvert: the funding on military cannot be obtained on the back of nondefense discretionary spending.

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
the funding on military cannot be obtained on the back of nondefense discretionary spending.
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Ken Calvert
Republican · California

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Calvert stresses that military funding shouldn't come at the expense of nondefense spending.

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