On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
American lives are being taken, and American treasures are being taken to fight a war under a new doctrine, the preemptive strike doctrine.
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Robert C. Byrd
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congress.govAmerican lives are being taken, and American treasures are being taken to fight a war under a new doctrine, the preemptive strike doctrine.
Byrd discusses the costs of war under the preemptive strike doctrine.
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