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Mark Pocan: “The Pentagon, we are up to now one with the change here, $1…”

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

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Mark Pocan Discusses Impact of Proposed Health Care and Social Program Cuts in Wisconsin Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:09:37

Actually, those are pretty big percents, but they're also kind of sort of protected a little bit. Right. They're under a certain. It's different to actually change them how you do it. But I agree with you. The Pentagon, we are up to now one with the change here, $1 trillion a year. And this is not money that's going to the troops. We still have troops who do not, you know, make a lot of money supporting their families. This is largely defense contractors. (1:09:37–1:09:44)

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Asserts that the Pentagon's budget is now $1 trillion a year.

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