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On the recordOctober 12, 2011
If we go to sequestration, every line item in the defense budget, and frankly, every line item in all discretionary spending has to be cut by the exact same amount, which is, frankly, insane.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Smith criticizes the across-the-board cuts mandated by sequestration.

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