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Claire McCaskill: We are going to create a $40 billion slush fund in the Department of Defense, but yet we are going to shortchange port…

On the recordJune 8, 2015
We are going to create a $40 billion slush fund in the Department of Defense, but yet we are going to shortchange port security, airport security, cybersecurity, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), FBI.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill criticizes funding priorities that neglect security agencies.

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