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Alan Grayson: Does it make sense for us to be deploying the most powerful military force that the world has ever seen and spend $1…

On the recordMarch 25, 2015
Does it make sense for us to be deploying the most powerful military force that the world has ever seen and spend $1 million to kill some man standing in the desert 6,000 miles from the closest American shore holding a 40-year-old weapon?
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Alan Grayson
Florida

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Grayson questions the cost-effectiveness of U.S. military operations against ISIS.

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