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On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
There is a lot of belief that a huge Pentagon budget which has significantly increased in recent years, that a lot of that money is not necessarily directed toward fighting the fights we are in right now against international terrorism.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders questions the allocation of the Pentagon budget amidst ongoing wars.

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