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Adam Kinzinger: “We hate this term--mutually assured destruction on the nuclear side was not a good thing. But I think we need to make it…”

On the recordMay 20, 2019
We hate this term--mutually assured destruction on the nuclear side was not a good thing. But I think we need to make it clear to the Russians that we can do to you what you can do to us.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kinzinger emphasizes the need to deter Russia by raising the stakes for their actions.

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