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Laurie Buckhout: “Look at the old seaweed battalions. Look at what a great…”

Featuring: Laurie Buckhout, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House North Carolina, District 1

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Published | Video Starts at 58:52

So I think it's absolutely critical to have the full range of capabilities and not to throw out the old stuff. But some of that stuff is still very good. Very quickly Look at the old seaweed battalions. Look at what a great concept those were and look how old those were. Those go back to the 70s. Very, very, very good stuff. Some very good concepts there. I was just going to. A thought came to mind on that question and I think sometimes, first of all, it's a great question. (58:52–58:59)

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