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On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
This is not regulation actually. These are standards for what we are going to ask them to do to defend our country.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman emphasizes that proposed standards are not regulations but necessary defense measures.

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