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Michael G. Mullen: A Nation with our current levels of unsustainable debt cannot hope to sustain for very long its superiority from a…

On the recordMay 18, 2015
A Nation with our current levels of unsustainable debt cannot hope to sustain for very long its superiority from a military perspective or its influence in world affairs.
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Michael G. Mullen

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Mullen warns that unsustainable debt threatens military and diplomatic strength.

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