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On the recordJune 19, 2018
I simply do not understand because as I read the challenges presented to the United States, I get that there are certainly conventional military challenges that are different today than might have existed 10 years ago.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy questions the administration's military spending priorities versus non-military challenges.

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