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On the recordApril 11, 2013
Although hundreds of thousands of Japanese were killed by the deployment of these bombs, millions of Japanese and at least hundreds of thousands of American lives were saved by the deployment of these bombs.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock emphasizes the lives saved by the atomic bomb during WWII.

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