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Ro Khanna: “The defense budget is 56% of the entire discretionary budget…”

Featuring: Ro Khanna, Democratic | U.S. House California, 17th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 1:09:05

In ways that will impact their lives. So privacy, huge issue. We can cut military spending significantly, invest in the needs of the American people. You're absolutely right about The defense budget is 56% of the entire discretionary budget of the federal government. From the time I've been in Congress, it's gone up from 600 billion to almost a trillion. And Trump wants to take it to 1.5 trillion. (1:09:05–1:09:08)

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Asserts that the defense budget constitutes 56% of the federal discretionary budget.

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