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Robert Dornan: Where are you getting this $40 billion, off the planet Glatu Barato Niktu? Nobody is suggesting that kind of money…

On the recordFebruary 15, 1995
Where are you getting this $40 billion, off the planet Glatu Barato Niktu? Nobody is suggesting that kind of money expenditure. We are talking about rogue missiles. I am conceding we have got a bigger problem with suitcase missiles in the mud of our harbors. Where does this $40 billion come from?
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

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Questioning the proposed expenditure on missile defense during a debate.

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