how will you even begin to think through the kinds of budgeting questions if we don't know what it is that we are defending in the first place?
JD Vance: “how will you even begin to think through the kinds of budgeting questions if we don't know what it is that we are…”
On the recordFebruary 17, 2025
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newsweek.comEditor's note · Context
Vance questioned Europe's defense budgeting without clarity on their values.
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