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On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
If we were not to do that, I think their pace would put us certainly challenged in almost every domain, in a military perspective, by, say, 2025.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Warning about the competitive military capabilities of Russia by 2025.

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