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Angus King: “I thought that the capacity and the size of the force and the capability and the modernization of the weapons systems…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
I thought that the capacity and the size of the force and the capability and the modernization of the weapons systems did not meet that.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King critiques current military capacity and modernization.

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