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Dick Durbin: “May I also ask the Senator from Indiana, since we live in the 21st century in fear that fissile material and nuclear…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2003
May I also ask the Senator from Indiana, since we live in the 21st century in fear that fissile material and nuclear weapons will be transferred either openly or covertly to countries that will misuse them, why would the Senator from Indiana believe that a verification procedure which spotlights the location and number of these weapons in both countries would not be in the best interest of reducing the likelihood of proliferation?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the need for verification procedures in nuclear weapons agreements.

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