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“Defense” said in 7 of 51 transcripts, 10 times.
Counted forms: defense, defenses, defense's.
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Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…of help. It's going to be good. They are first line of defense because they're there. They're Europe. But we're going to help them out…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…more, two more. They are. Well, they're spending a lot of —on defense, but we're spending a lot more on—you know, and we've been…
Jul 9, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…there. We encourage the countries here today to make greater investments in defense—hopefully, of course, buying our equipment, because we do make the best…
Jun 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…It's going to be a lot of money too, a lot of defense. Yes. And we have a great relationship, and we've had a great…
…oil, they're going to have some misses—missiles, and they'll have some defense. I think they've had it. I mean, they just went through hell…
Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…discussed it very much. I know that you're spending more money on defense now and quite a bit more money. That's a—— That's a positive…
…think about that. When he says, "Sir, we're spending more money on defense," I say, "Ooh, is that a good thing or a bad thing…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…we make the greatest planes in the world, the greatest missiles and defense systems. The Patriot system is the best—acknowledged to be. This isn't…
Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…That doesn't sound too good." But we have a deal where—a defense deal—we pay hundreds of billions of dollars to defend them, but…