Angus King said "If we had the Gates budget of 2012, the defense budget this year would be somewhere around $612 billion." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 9, 2015

If we had the Gates budget of 2012, the defense budget this year would be somewhere around $612 billion.

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Discussing defense budget levels compared to historical spending.

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