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Angus King: “We are not fully meeting our fundamental responsibility in the preamble of the Constitution to provide for the common…”

On the recordApril 5, 2016
We are not fully meeting our fundamental responsibility in the preamble of the Constitution to provide for the common defense.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King argues Congress is failing to fulfill its constitutional duty for national defense.

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