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Dick Durbin: We are now paying dearly for some of those decisions.

On the recordJune 10, 2014
We are now paying dearly for some of those decisions.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin reflects on the consequences of rushed decisions in missile defense.

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