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Patty Murray: “Trump wants to boost the war spending by roughly half a…”

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I'M DEMANDING ANSWERS: Trump Wants to Bloat War Budget, Shortchange Nonproliferation Programs

Published | Video Starts at 01:36

And in the course of that work, it's also crucial that we make sure these dollars are being spent efficiently and effectively. And what I see from Trump's budget to me is not balanced in the least. He Trump wants to boost the war spending by roughly half a trillion dollars. and cut investments in families when it comes to our nuclear program. He wants to make completely unjustified, exorbitant increases to weapons spending while cutting the nuclear non proliferation work. (01:36–01:55)

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Asserts that President Trump plans to increase war spending by approximately $500 billion.

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