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Richard Spencer: “It has cost us $4 billion. That is not lost opportunity; that is $4 billion in cash in a trash can with lighter fluid…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2018
It has cost us $4 billion. That is not lost opportunity; that is $4 billion in cash in a trash can with lighter fluid, burn it.
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Richard Spencer
Maryland

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Highlights the financial waste caused by continuing resolutions in the Navy.

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