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Samuel Nunn: “Due to courageous leadership in countries like Kazakhstan, as well as here in the United States by visionaries like…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2009
Due to courageous leadership in countries like Kazakhstan, as well as here in the United States by visionaries like Senators Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn, the threat of nuclear materiel falling into the hands of terrorists was diminished.
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Samuel Nunn
Democratic · Georgia

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Acknowledges the leadership of Lugar and Nunn in reducing nuclear threats.

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