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Tim Sheehy: “That's come for a $38 trillion, you know, debt that we're…”

Featuring: Tim Sheehy, Republican | U.S. Senate from Montana

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Dollars, Defense, and Reform: A Conversation with Senator Tim Sheehy

Published | Video Starts at 40:59

I mean we've essentially subsidized Western Europeans existence for the last 75 years and that of frankly, you know, Japan and Australia too. And that hasn't come for free. That's come for a $38 trillion, you know, debt that we're now running. So I think, you know, the military spending, the national security strategy and our fiscal picture, these are not D linked, these aren't independent issues that don't hinge off one another. (40:59–41:04)

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