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Mike Rogers: “This level of investment gets defense back to 4.5%.”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Republican | U.S. House Alabama, District 3

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Published | Video Starts at 06:16

It directly confronts the challenges in our defense industrial base with over $100 billion in investments to revitalize manufacturing, expand domestic and allied critical minerals projects, and secure our supply chains. Finally, This level of investment gets defense back to 4.5%. That's where we need to be. We want to truly deter conflict. It also ensures that America leads by example. As our allies heed the President's call to increase their defense spending and improve their military readiness. (06:16–06:21)

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Asserts that the investment returns defense spending to 4.5% of GDP.

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