We do not have the luxury of saying, 'oh, well, we will just add to the budget,' unless we are able to do something about sequestration.
Angus King: “We do not have the luxury of saying, 'oh, well, we will just add to the budget,' unless we are able to do something…”
On the recordMay 5, 2014
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King discusses budget constraints and the impact of sequestration on military funding.
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