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Mark Pocan: “A trillion and a half dollars for the Pentagon is as much as…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Pentagon Doesn't Have a Game Plan on Defense Spending, Says Mark Pocan

Published | Video Starts at 04:27

If that's the case, then can you get to this in committee or, or will Republicans in the majority make this a law? Well, this is one where the public, I think, needs to get a little bit involved because A trillion and a half dollars for the Pentagon is as much as the next 35 nations combined. That's a lot to be spending, a lot more than we need to be spending, and that is in lieu of other things, including middle class tax breaks, in lieu … (04:27–04:34)

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Asserts that U.S. Pentagon spending equals the combined defense spending of the next 35 nations.

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