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Clip Created Oct 23, 2012

Virgil Goode on Foreign Police

Clipped from:Third Party Presidential Candidates Debate
Oct 23, 2012

Virgil Good Says we need to stop being policemen of the world, and that will save us billions and billions of dollars.

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00:00:00 SUBMITTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
00:00:04 THIS QUESTION COMES FROM GREG SALAZAR FROM LOS ANGELES.
00:00:09 DO YOU THINK AN ANNUAL MILITARY BUDGET OF $1 TRILLION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO KEEP US SAFE?
00:00:16 IN A BROADER SENSE, WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE ROLE WORLDWIDE OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY?
00:00:22 TWO MINUTES, VIRGIL GOODE.
00:00:25 >> AS I SAID, IF I'M ELECTED PRESIDENT I WILL BALANCE THE BUDGET, AND PART OF THE CUTS HAVE TO BE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
00:00:32 WE CANNOT DO AS MITT ROMNEY AND PAUL RYAN SUGGEST INCREASE MILITARY FUNDING BY $2 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE.
00:00:40 I SUPPORT A STRONG DEFENSE.
00:00:42 BUT WE NEED TO RETRENCH RATHER THAN TRYING TO BE THE POLICEMEN OF THE WORLD.
00:00:50 WE HAVE TOO MANY SOLDIERS, TOO MANY TROOPERS SCATTERED AROUND THE WORLD.
00:00:56 OUR PRESENCE NEEDS TO BE DECREASED AROUND THE WORLD, NOT INCREASED, AND THE UNITED STATES SHOULD STOP TRYING TO BE THE OVERSEER OF THE WORLD.
00:01:05 THAT WILL SAVE US BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
00:01:14 [APPLAUSE] >> ALL
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