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On the recordJune 27, 2017
The rhetoric coming from our White House under this Administration, has it caused our NATO allies to start moving toward contributing two percent to the defense spending?
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin questions the impact of White House rhetoric on NATO defense spending.

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