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Six senators this week sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for him to 'reconstitute the World War II-era Truman Committee to investigate war profiteering and price gouging in the American military industrial complex.'The senators include Sens. Bernie Sanders , Ron Wyden , Elizabeth Warren , Ed Markey , Jeff Merkley , and Peter Welch . The letter states that the U.S.
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