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On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
That's the dumbest construct in the entire world, to try to find $600 billion in savings, is to put DOD at risk, destroy the finest military in the history of the world.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham criticizes budget cuts that threaten military readiness.

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