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Adam Smith: “It is wrong to think the defense budget has somehow been held apart from our debt and deficit problems.”

On the recordNovember 1, 2011
It is wrong to think the defense budget has somehow been held apart from our debt and deficit problems.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Clarifies that defense spending is directly affected by national debt issues.

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