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On the recordApril 8, 2010
The last time he checked Sarah Palin is not much of an expert on nuclear issues. If the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are comfortable with it, I'm probably going to take my advice from them and not from Sarah Palin.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama responds to Sarah Palin's criticism regarding nuclear policy.

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