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Marco Rubio: “But the enrichment or reprocessing capability--the infrastructure of reprocessing and the infrastructure behind…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2014
But the enrichment or reprocessing capability--the infrastructure of reprocessing and the infrastructure behind enrichment--once it is in place, it is basically just a policy decision at that point about whether you want to continue to move forward toward at least a threshold weapons capability.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio discusses the implications of a country having nuclear enrichment infrastructure.

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