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John Cornyn: “We spend about 2.8% of our gross domestic product on…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn on Progress Made to Enact President Trump’s America First Agenda

Published | Video Starts at 03:14

… now paying more interest on the national debt than we are on defense of our nation in a dangerous world, which seems to be getting more dangerous all the time. We spend about 2.8% of our gross domestic product on national defense. And there's no question in my mind that we're going to have to up that figure substantially. (03:14–03:21)

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