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Leon Panetta: Not only should that be a non-starter from a national security and economic perspective, but it should also be a…

On the recordOctober 12, 2011
Not only should that be a non-starter from a national security and economic perspective, but it should also be a non-starter from a moral perspective.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta argues against using military budgets to offset entitlement spending.

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