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Pat Ryan: If these wars are unpaid for, then how can you claim savings from them?

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
If these wars are unpaid for, then how can you claim savings from them?
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ryan questions the validity of claiming savings from unpaid wars.

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