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chuckstevens

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2. On Monday Night's Debate, This Should Be Brought Up

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 03:29 PM

Oct 2012

If I were President Obama, I would remind people that the makers of weapons were the ones who made it possible for contractors in Iraq making X10 what our soldiers were making and the billions of "missing" taxpayer money. Do we really want to go back to these people having that much control over our foreign policy?

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ROMNEY�S NEW �MILITARY ADVISORY COUNCIL� PACKED WITH MILITARY CONTRACTORS [View all] octoberlib Oct 2012 OP

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I am interested in Obama winning this debate. reflection Oct 2012 #17

On Monday Night's Debate, This Should Be Brought Up chuckstevens Oct 2012 #2

Hell no! fleur-de-lisa Oct 2012 #8

You may be right chuckstevens Oct 2012 #10

Sorry, I meant 'Hell No' to your last question . . . fleur-de-lisa Oct 2012 #11

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