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Mike Turner: “We either make smart, targeted investments now, or we pay for that as failure on down the road.”

On the recordMarch 18, 2015
We either make smart, targeted investments now, or we pay for that as failure on down the road.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Warning about the consequences of not investing in military programs.

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