On the recordOctober 18, 2025
If we don’t pay our enlisted Marines, every bar in Southern California is going to go out of business, and we don’t want that.
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nypost.comIf we don’t pay our enlisted Marines, every bar in Southern California is going to go out of business, and we don’t want that.
Vance humorously comments on the importance of paying Marines.
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