Earl Blumenauer actually said...

I think that is important. Because I really believe in the heart of hearts of a number of my friends on the other side of the aisle--I know because I have had conversations with some of them--that they absolutely know that we can scale down defense spending and still have the most powerful military in the world.

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Blumenauer emphasizes bipartisan agreement on scaling down defense spending without compromising military strength.

04/24/2012

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