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davsand

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3. If the Pentagon has 3.8 BILLION to spare do they REALLY need averything they get?

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2020, 02:26 PM

Feb 2020

Seems like an awful lot of surplus. That's a lot bigger deal than realizing you have a couple hundred left in your checking account at the end of the month--ya know?

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