Bill Nelson actually said...

It is absolutely ridiculous that we would be doing this to ourselves not only shooting ourselves in the foot but starting to shoot ourselves up the torso.

Context

Nelson criticizes the impact of budget sequester on military operations.

01/30/2013

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