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On the recordJanuary 18, 2022
According to The Wall Street Journal, since 2001, military outsourcing has pushed Pentagon spending to about $14 trillion.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez highlights the high cost of military outsourcing since 2001.

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