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Adam Smith: “We have all these grand ideas of what we want. We do not have the money to get there.”

On the recordJune 11, 2017
We have all these grand ideas of what we want. We do not have the money to get there.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Points out the disconnect between military goals and budget constraints.

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