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Laicie Heeley, a military budget expert at the Stimson Center, a defense policy think tank, sees things otherwise.
“Sanders’ claim is a commonly quoted misperception, or misleading quote, however you choose to see it,” Heeley said. “The stat says nothing about the U.S. relationship to NATO. It simply states that the United States is the world’s greatest military spender.”
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