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Kristen Welker: “Secretary Hed said the Pentagon requesting an additional $67…”

Featuring: Kristen Welker, Host of Meet the Press | National

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Because every day that the war continues, America gets weaker, Iran gets stronger, and people here in the United States get screwed as prices go up and up and up. Let me ask you, because Secretary Hed said the Pentagon requesting an additional $67 billion in def. Funding, in part to replenish stockpiles that have been depleted. Now, as a member of the Appropriations Committee, you have said that you're not going to support additional funding. (06:58–07:04)

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Asserts that the Pentagon is requesting an additional $67 billion.

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