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Gerry Connolly: “There is a huge opportunity cost too. So, in addition to throwing good money after bad potentially--I'm talking about by…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2017
There is a huge opportunity cost too. So, in addition to throwing good money after bad potentially--I'm talking about by leaving waste unaddressed, this waste--we're also taking away from civilian domestic investments that are all so critical.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly highlights the dual costs of wasteful Pentagon spending on domestic investments.

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