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Mike Turner: “We built a strategy last year that we said we can execute and absorb $487 billion. I can't sit here today and guarantee…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2013
We built a strategy last year that we said we can execute and absorb $487 billion. I can't sit here today and guarantee you that if you take another $175 [billion] that that strategy remains solvent.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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General Dempsey warns about the impact of further budget cuts on military strategy.

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