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Austin Scott: Quite honestly, they should be paying the cost, not the United States taxpayer and the U.S. soldier.

On the recordNovember 19, 2013
Quite honestly, they should be paying the cost, not the United States taxpayer and the U.S. soldier.
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Austin Scott
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Scott emphasizes that China should bear the costs of security in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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