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On the recordMarch 16, 2015
We have got to at least be at the President's level, because as General Dempsey said, that is the lower ragged edge of what we absolutely have to have.
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Jim Cooper
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cooper emphasizes the need for defense spending to meet presidential requests.

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