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Jack Reed: “If we lose that competition, then our fundamental sort of foundation of national security will quickly erode.”

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
If we lose that competition, then our fundamental sort of foundation of national security will quickly erode.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Emphasizes the link between education and national security.

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