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Gwen Moore: “The defense budget that they want to increase is different…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

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So these people say they care so much about veterans, they have sent instructions to raise the military. But that was one of the things that I was shocked about when I first got to Congress, that The defense budget that they want to increase is different from the veterans budget. So there's a big difference. Once they've used you up, you kind of, like, on your own. After that, I could go on. But even though there have been. (18:18–18:26)

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