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Mark Pocan: “The Pentagon increased budget alone is more than 50 percent than your total budget.”

On the recordMay 24, 2021
The Pentagon increased budget alone is more than 50 percent than your total budget.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Pocan highlights the disparity between the Pentagon's budget and public health funding.

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