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Angus King: “Yet when we are going to need it, we are going to really need it, and if it is not there, we are going to suffer the…”

On the recordApril 5, 2016
Yet when we are going to need it, we are going to really need it, and if it is not there, we are going to suffer the consequences.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King warns about the risks of inadequate naval capabilities for future national security.

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