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Phil Gingrey: I think it would be informative to people who are paying attention, and I think all Americans are paying attention and…

On the recordFebruary 11, 2004
I think it would be informative to people who are paying attention, and I think all Americans are paying attention and they are listening to a lot of political rhetoric during this Presidential election year and the criticism that they are hearing not only from the leaders of our military, from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, but especially to the Secretary of Defense, the honorable Donald Rumsfeld. Listen to what former Secretary of Defense William Cohen had to say: ``Noted again Tuesday that in the past Iraq imported enough material to produce up to 200 tons of the deadly chemical agent VX, `theoretically enough to kill every man, woman, and child' on earth. Finding and eliminating all such chemical and biological warfare stocks must be an international priority.'' L.A. Times, November 26, 1997, Secretary of Defense William Cohen under the Clinton administration.
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Phil Gingrey
Georgia

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Discussing the importance of addressing chemical and biological warfare in the context of military leadership and political rhetoric.

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