We had two wars going on. 9/11 had happened. More and more money was being siphoned off for that.
Tom Harkin: “We had two wars going on. 9/11 had happened. More and more money was being siphoned off for that.”
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Harkin discusses funding challenges due to wars and terrorism post-9/11.
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