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Derrick Van Orden: “Unless we control our own military industrial complex than…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Joins Fox Business: Mornings with Maria to Discuss Iranian Nuclear Ambitions

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But how do you feel when you learn that the US Military uses drones made by dji, a Chinese Communist Party company? I feel the same way that you do. We've got to understand, Unless we control our own military industrial complex than someone else does, by definition, and the Chinese Communist Party should not be the person in charge of our military industrial complex. They simply should not. They are not our friends. So we. I mean, it's. To me, it's baffling that we are gearing up. (08:21–08:35)

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Asserts that the U.S. military industrial complex is at risk of being controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.

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