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Does Big Money Make America Safer?

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 08, 2006
If Congress does nothing else between now and election day, it will have passed more military spending than the rest of the world combined.  But the Pentagon has admitted for years that it can't keep track of its money.  So who knows if more and more dollars really add up to greater protection?

If Congress does nothing else between now and election day, it will have passed more military spending than the rest of the world combined.  But the Pentagon has admitted for years that it can't keep track of its money.  So who knows if more and more dollars really add up to greater protection?

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Does Big Money Make America Safer?

After four hours of debate about terrorism, Secretary Rumsfeld and the war in Iraq, the Senate passed a $470 defense bill yesterday without a single dissenting vote. If...

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Frances Anderton

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