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On the recordJune 10, 2014
Our missile defense program and our ability to protect ourselves, is becoming more and more important as the Army continues to have over 50 percent of its ballistic missile defense capability deployed around the world.
Said by
Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Emphasizing the growing importance of missile defense capabilities amid global deployments.

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