Don Bacon said "I don't like parity, by the way. I don't want to have a close fight. I think we should not want to have a close fight." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 15, 2017

I don't like parity, by the way. I don't want to have a close fight. I think we should not want to have a close fight.

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Bacon expresses his desire for military superiority rather than equal capability.

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