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Robert Gates: We should be able to secure our nation with a base budget of more than half a trillion dollars.

On the recordMarch 2, 2010
We should be able to secure our nation with a base budget of more than half a trillion dollars.
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Robert Gates
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Gates stated a sufficient budget for national security.

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