Tom Bowman

NPR

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National Desk reporter for NPR, covering the Pentagon

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Military strength and defense spending have been political footballs in every presidential campaign since the end of the Second World War.

Reality Check: politics and the military

Military strength and defense spending have been political footballs in every presidential campaign since the end of the Second World War.

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