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Zach Nunn: “I remember that evening very well. And I do not want to say this with much humor. There is not much humorous about…”

On the recordAugust 3, 1995
I remember that evening very well. And I do not want to say this with much humor. There is not much humorous about anything regarding a Scud missile attack. The Senator said we were not in danger. If the Senator would amend that by saying we were not in danger because the target was where we were, the Ministry of Defense, and the Scud missiles are notoriously inaccurate. So we were probably in a safe place. But the target was the Ministry of Defense, we found out.
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Zach Nunn
Republican · Hawaii

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Discussing the implications of a Scud missile attack during a Senate debate.

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