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Joe Lieberman: “The fact is from all this that it is hard not to conclude that we are still not properly prepared to counter the threat…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2009
The fact is from all this that it is hard not to conclude that we are still not properly prepared to counter the threat of a weapons of mass destruction attack against the United States and particularly the bioterrorist threat, despite measures taken after the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman emphasizes the U.S. unpreparedness for WMD threats.

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