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Ed Markey: Any retreat on this is absolutely unnecessary if one-third of the security funding is being diverted just to deficit…

On the recordSeptember 4, 2018
Any retreat on this is absolutely unnecessary if one-third of the security funding is being diverted just to deficit reduction.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the diversion of security funding for deficit reduction.

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