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Roscoe Bartlett: “I think Roscoe Bartlett was correct when he said when we are at war and we are not getting anything for it, we are…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2011
I think Roscoe Bartlett was correct when he said when we are at war and we are not getting anything for it, we are really not getting anything for it, we need to figure out, it is not that difficult to figure out where to get the money to bring some of this defense spending down.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the need to reassess defense spending during ongoing wars.

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