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Ed Markey: “So we do not want to over-hype that, though, because we clearly have a far superior military right now.”

On the recordJuly 23, 2018
So we do not want to over-hype that, though, because we clearly have a far superior military right now.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes U.S. military superiority in the context of China's rise.

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