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Bill Nelson

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Bill Nelson is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Florida's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. Nelson also held the position of Florida's Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 1999, where he focused on consumer protection and insurance reform.

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Jun 16, 2010

General Chilton, as you de-MIRV the launchers where they're carrying only one warhead, how does this START enhance the stability of the nuclear balance?

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Jun 16, 2010

But they have to, under the terms of the treaty, accomplish it by year 7?

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Jun 16, 2010

In the NPR, a whole bunch of warheads in the queue for dismantlement, and that number will increase under the START reductions.

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Jun 16, 2010

It's a 10-year treaty and in 7 years you're going to be doing the drawdown?

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Jun 15, 2010

I just came back from Pensacola. I saw the oil not only out in the gulf, I saw the oil in Pensacola Bay. It is also in Perdido Bay. There are tar balls in the bay. They are slipping underneath the booms. Those tar balls are getting into…

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Jun 9, 2010

I do not care who is in charge. I want somebody with some authority, and it cannot be BP.

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Jun 9, 2010

We told them from day one, 'You will not clean it up out of the marsh.' They said it will never get there. Well, it is there.

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Jun 9, 2010

The Coast Guard has part of control of the operation, but BP has a part of the control of the operation, and therein the two do not talk.

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Jun 9, 2010

They're certainly not in charge when the communication is not going to our emergency operations center in Pensacola, when oil is coming into Florida waters. They're certainly not in control when I ask a week ago, how many boats are out…

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Jun 9, 2010

You know, that's exactly right. If we need to know for trying to clean up the gulf and protect marine life, how much oil is in there, then we need the clear pictures, and we need all the streaming video in order to let the scientists…

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Jun 9, 2010

I would hope that someone would be listening to the pleas of these local officials and the pleas of the local officials through their Senators to change this command structure.

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