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On the recordMay 5, 2010
I think it would be a very serious mistake to cut back the defense budget or to alter the defense budget in order to fund ground forces that are in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Webb warns against cutting the defense budget for ground forces at the expense of shipbuilding.

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