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Mike Cloud: “The challenge for us is it's our job to manage the checkbook, and so we're looking at national security issues.”

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
The challenge for us is it's our job to manage the checkbook, and so we're looking at national security issues.
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Mike Cloud
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the balance between space innovation and national security budget concerns.

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