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I mean, this is shocking to me, that the Federal Government has only a few things it's supposed to do. One of 6 reasons 13 colonies got together to start with was to defend and provide for the national defense.

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Perdue expresses shock at the government's failure to prioritize national defense.

02/07/2017

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