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Elizabeth Warren: “If we continue to prioritize investment in defense at the expense of infrastructure, education, basic research, then we…”

On the recordNovember 26, 2018
If we continue to prioritize investment in defense at the expense of infrastructure, education, basic research, then we will have a hollow country.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren argues for balancing defense spending with domestic investments.

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