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W. Todd Akin: There is a difference between jobs and jobs, is what you are saying. Some of these things are very high-tech kinds of…

On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
There is a difference between jobs and jobs, is what you are saying. Some of these things are very high-tech kinds of jobs. They require building companies over a good number of years, building capabilities, putting that team together, and you've got to have enough work to keep that team operating or else they just have to dissipate and go somewhere else. And if we need that capability for the defense of this Nation, that, in many of our opinions, is the primary function that we must perform here. There are a lot of other things that might be nice if the Federal Government did it, but if we have invading armies riding across our country, we're not very effective.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Feb 3, 2010

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The speaker discusses the importance of high-tech jobs for national defense.

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