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Barack Obama: “The greatest danger to the American people is the threat of a terrorist attack with a nuclear weapon and the spread of…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2011
The greatest danger to the American people is the threat of a terrorist attack with a nuclear weapon and the spread of nuclear weapons to dangerous regimes.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the severe threat of nuclear terrorism to U.S. security.

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