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On the recordJune 7, 2021
How do you grow the Defense Department to compete with the technologies being developed by Russia and China if our defense spending is less than inflation?
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Kevin Cramer
Republican · North Dakota
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Editor's note · Context

Cramer questions the feasibility of defense growth under current budget constraints.

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