If the Senator from Florida will yield for a moment, having formerly served on the House Armed Services Committee, I know the Department of Defense budget is somewhere in the order of $550 billion. Surely SOUTHCOM must have a substantial amount of resources to be able to meet this, right? Of that $550 billion, does the Senator from Florida know how much actually goes to Southern Command?
Martin Heinrich: “If the Senator from Florida will yield for a moment, having formerly served on the House Armed Services Committee, I…”
On the recordJuly 30, 2014
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