Albio Sires actually said...

It is always bewildering to me how the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, basically, is buying tanks, is buying planes, is buying all sorts of arms and yet, the need of the people seems to be ignored.

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Sires questions military spending in a poor country while ignoring citizens' needs.

09/14/2016

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