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On the recordFebruary 12, 1997
Is my colleague suggesting, that the majority would go along willy-nilly with this resolution because they wanted to spend more on the program. Are we not faced with the perverse situation of having Presidents declare war in order to meet the standard of some imminent threat here?
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Questioning the motivations behind a resolution related to military spending.

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