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Rick Larsen: DOD spends nearly $23 billion per year dealing with corrosion. That's $23 billion out of our defense budget that we're…

On the recordOctober 31, 2011
DOD spends nearly $23 billion per year dealing with corrosion. That's $23 billion out of our defense budget that we're not spending on our troops.
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Rick Larsen
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the financial impact of corrosion on defense spending.

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