01/14/2009
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"Following through on some of these proposals would reverse U.S. and NATO policy of reducing reliance on nuclear weapons."
"Washington should, therefore, study the development of new intermediate-range missiles and their deployment to Europe."
"The United States must also make sure that it has a credible response to any Russian battlefield use of nuclear weapons."
"I, therefore, urge this body to fully fund the much-needed modernization of this country's nuclear forces and infrastructure as planned."