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John Garamendi: “Nobody has really said that we need 400. It has never been said we need 400. Maybe we need 399. Maybe we need even less…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2022
Nobody has really said that we need 400. It has never been said we need 400. Maybe we need 399. Maybe we need even less than that. The fact of the matter is that we have adequate deterrence without any of these particularly very dangerous missiles because they have to be used immediately upon threat. In 12 minutes, the President has to make a decision. Here is the point. We have more than enough deterrence. Now, if we want to have more than they have, that doesn't increase the deterrence. That just increases the cost of the number.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Jul 13, 2022

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