Is it part of the rearmament of America? Needs to be. It's not yet. And one of the reasons I'm doing this, Hugh, is for that very reason. You know, We used to have a strategic air base, and we had two Democrats in the Senate for 30 years. Strategic air base is no longer there. The naval sub tracking station in the upper peninsula no longer there. We used to have a bigger role in building submarine components in the west side of the state. (04:58–05:07)
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Asserts that Michigan lost a strategic air base during the tenure of two Democratic senators.
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