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Joe Courtney: “The American people do understand this is an existential threat we're talking about.”

On the recordJuly 28, 2015
The American people do understand this is an existential threat we're talking about.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Courtney emphasizes the seriousness of the nuclear threat to the U.S. and Israel.

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