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On the recordMarch 24, 2014
I hope that the public understands that, you know, we can have as strong a defense as we want to have, but just got to pay for it.
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Jim Cooper
Democratic · Tennessee

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Emphasizes the need for funding to maintain strong defense capabilities.

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