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Tom Cole: “I don't think we're funding [the military] adequately in the…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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A Conversation with Congressman Tom Cole

Published | Video Starts at 53:14

I mean, the main mission of defense is obviously a military one. And you have to have a military capable of engaging and defeating near peer opponents any place in the world. And I don't think we're funding [the military] adequately in the President's proposal, in my view. But. And I think some of these other areas then get squeezed, but they're important areas, and Defense Department does house some capabilities that nobody else has. And we see it again. (53:14–53:20)

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Asserts that the military is not adequately funded in the President's budget proposal.

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