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Senate Republican defends spending $200B on Iran war as an ‘America First’ priority
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Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Sunday defended a $200 billion funding request price tag for the U.S. conflict against Iran, calling it “America First.” “Well, it’s a lot of money, but it’s going right into rebuilding our stockpiles, our own munitions. It’s in America’s best interest that we reshore all of these defense manufacturing jobs…