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Lindsey Graham: This budget is just driven by an arbitrary number. It comes out of OMB, but it basically is a result of increasing…

On the recordJune 12, 2017
This budget is just driven by an arbitrary number. It comes out of OMB, but it basically is a result of increasing military spending.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham critiques the budget process as arbitrary and influenced by military spending needs.

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