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Roger Wicker: “I think the taxpayers might be justified in saying show me how that concretely serves the national interest.”

On the recordOctober 14, 2009
I think the taxpayers might be justified in saying show me how that concretely serves the national interest.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker questions the justification of military broadcasting expenditures.

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