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On the recordApril 1, 2019
It is brutal and difficult, and it is just as brutal and difficult for the non-defense discretionary budget to try and do that as well.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington
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Describing the challenges faced by the Pentagon under budget constraints.

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