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Tom Cole: “We didn't invest enough, particularly during the Biden…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:43

So in the appropriations process, I mean, people are, I'm hearing this more and more like just how prepared is the military? And if they're going to be talking Taiwan next week, a lot of this was We didn't invest enough, particularly during the Biden years. And we gave away a lot of stuff to Ukraine, which I'm supportive of. I'm not being critical of that, but we weren't replacing a lot of what we were giving away. (00:43–00:46)

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Asserts that there was insufficient military investment during the Biden administration.

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