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Earl Blumenauer: “The costs in the long run are as egregious as anything that we are facing with other entitlements, and we really have…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
The costs in the long run are as egregious as anything that we are facing with other entitlements, and we really have not talked about how we are going to cope with that.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

He warns about the financial implications of maintaining a large military.

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