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Senator Richard Blumenthal Criticizes Costly Parade for U.S. Army's 250th Anniversary

Published | Video Starts at 00:05

Happy birthday to the United States Army. What a wonderful milestone. 250 years should be celebrated, but not with An extravagant, exorbitantly costly parade will cost taxpayers about $45 million. Now, if you're Donald Trump and you're a multi billionaire, that amount of money is just peanuts. That's what he has called it. (00:05–00:20)

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