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On the recordOctober 20, 2015
If you find $100 billion--if you find the cut, if you meet the target that I've given you, and then you show me new military capabilities or expanded military capabilities that are actually tooth, I'll give you the money back to invest in those.
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Robert Gates
Republican · Texas

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Gates explains his incentive strategy for military budget cuts.

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