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On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
Just tell the American people why it is OK to slash Medicare, education, and Head Start at a time, for example, in terms of education, we know we need more help for education, when at the same time half of the intelligence budget as I understand it went to fight the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union no longer exists. Why can we not make a modest $1.6 billion reduction in intelligence funding?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Addressing budget cuts to Medicare, education, and intelligence funding.

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