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Jon Kyl: “If we were developing a system which the Russians say will bother them because we could use that against them, and they…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2010
If we were developing a system which the Russians say will bother them because we could use that against them, and they want us to change it in some way, my best guess is that he will be inclined to change it, even though he wrote a letter to us saying: Rest assured I am committed to developing good, strong missile defense for the United States. I think the Russians are trying to bully this administration, or future administrations, into a position where we will be less certain to do the kind of things that are just in our best interest because we will have to be concerned about the Russian response.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona
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Dec 17, 2010

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Kyl discusses U.S. missile defense and Russian influence on American defense policy.

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