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Dick Lugar: “The threat that one day weapons or materials of mass destruction will be transferred out of the former Soviet Union…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
The threat that one day weapons or materials of mass destruction will be transferred out of the former Soviet Union remains very real, and such a transfer could have catastrophic results for the United States and the global community.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar warns about the risks of WMD transfer from the former Soviet Union.

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