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Joe Lieberman: “A 10-kiloton device detonated near the White House would kill more than 100,000 people.”

On the recordJune 8, 2009
A 10-kiloton device detonated near the White House would kill more than 100,000 people.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman discusses the catastrophic potential of a nuclear attack on Washington, D.C.

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