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On the recordMarch 30, 2011
if we wimp out on a missile defense site, then almost all of the money that we've sunk into this is--when we actually need it, in a military contingency--not worthwhile.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

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Kirk warns that inadequate missile defense could render investments ineffective.

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