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Jason Smith: “I think in some ways it gets to the question of what is the military's cost-benefit calculation, and to date they have…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
I think in some ways it gets to the question of what is the military's cost-benefit calculation, and to date they have not borne significant costs for their policy of using Islamist militant as an extension of foreign policy.
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

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Smith discusses the military's lack of consequences for using militants in foreign policy.

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