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Joe Scarborough: the big lie has been spread over the past few years across this country that the world is a safe place to live in now…

On the recordFebruary 13, 1995
the big lie has been spread over the past few years across this country that the world is a safe place to live in now than it was 5 years ago. Well, the fact of the matter is there are as many nuclear weapons in Russia today as there were before the Soviet Union broke apart, and in China they have the second fastest growing economy in the 1980's in all of Asia, and they are using their new found economic power to rebuild their military machine. In the next 5 years it has been estimated that countries will have an intermediate range missile capability to launch nuclear weapons across continents. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to take part in H.R. 7, a bill that not only will strengthen our national defense but finally take power away from the United Nations and return it where it belongs, back with the Armed Forces of the United States.
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

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Discussing national defense and the implications of global military power.

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