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Bill Nelson: “In thinking about the question of are you better off now than you were 4 years ago, are you safer now than you were 4…”

On the recordMay 20, 2004
In thinking about the question of are you better off now than you were 4 years ago, are you safer now than you were 4 years ago, I have had the privilege of sitting at the knee of the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has taught me something about two countries where we better keep a laser eye focused, namely Iran and North Korea. I ask the distinguished ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as I hold up this chart about suspected nuclear weapons in North Korea, are we safer now than we were 4 years ago?
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing national security and nuclear threats from North Korea during Senate debate.

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