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On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
The national security challenges we have, they're the most--debt that we can control doesn't match up to an Iranian nuclear threat.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine emphasizes that national security threats outweigh concerns about debt.

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