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On the recordMarch 1, 2016
At $3.4 billion, the overall Department of Defense fiscal year 2017 budget request for the European Reassurance Initiative is four times the amount requested last year.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Discussing the significant increase in funding for the European Reassurance Initiative.

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