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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
I worry that President Obama's proposed defense budget is based more on, in my view, what was irresponsible in what we did in the Budget Control Act (BCA)...
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Concerns about the defense budget's alignment with national security interests.

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