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On the recordApril 2, 2014
One of the biggest problems is, just in general with all QDRs, is the unpredictability of, gosh, 2, 3 years in the future, much less 15 or 20.
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Democratic · Washington
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Smith critiques the unpredictability of future national security threats in QDRs.

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