We are going to spend $8.3 billion on something we are calling a demonstration, but it is very unlikely it is going to produce any results that will help us as a demonstration at all.
James Lankford: “We are going to spend $8.3 billion on something we are calling a demonstration, but it is very unlikely it is going to…”
On the recordJuly 24, 2012
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Lankford questions the effectiveness of a costly demonstration program.
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