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John McCain: To call the categorizing and removal of chemical weapons a huge success, it may be, but we are now in the Orwellian…

On the recordOctober 30, 2013
To call the categorizing and removal of chemical weapons a huge success, it may be, but we are now in the Orwellian situation where the Russians are assisting us in our irreplaceable part of the scenario of identifying and removing chemical weapons, while delivering, as you just stated, increasing amounts of conventional weapons.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

McCain critiques the paradox of Russian assistance in chemical weapon removal amid their conventional arms support.

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