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On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
What are we going to do after giving CEOs of these defense companies huge salaries, tell them that they cannot continue to rip off the American people?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders questions accountability of defense contractors with high CEO salaries amidst fraud.

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