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Lynn C. Woolsey: “We must get Defense spending under control if we are going to turn our economy around.”

On the recordMarch 10, 2009
We must get Defense spending under control if we are going to turn our economy around.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California

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Emphasizing the need to control defense spending for economic recovery.

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