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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
The only difference between the commitment to put this $40 billion in the budget... is the willingness to acknowledge that we are spending the money.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill criticizes budgetary gimmicks regarding military funding.

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