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Maria Cantwell: “So what can we do to get both a better understanding of our real risks and an accurate budget increase to fund what is…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2018
So what can we do to get both a better understanding of our real risks and an accurate budget increase to fund what is critical, critical, to our national security?
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell questions how to improve risk assessment and funding for national security.

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