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Leon Panetta: I think that is an area where I don't think we ought to do that unilaterally, we ought to do that on the basis of…

On the recordOctober 12, 2011
I think that is an area where I don't think we ought to do that unilaterally, we ought to do that on the basis of negotiations with the Russians and others.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta emphasizes the need for negotiations on nuclear weapons reductions.

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