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Ed Markey: My concern here is the plans which are in place to use preemptive force against North Korea's nuclear arsenal.

On the recordSeptember 27, 2016
My concern here is the plans which are in place to use preemptive force against North Korea's nuclear arsenal.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey expresses concern about preemptive military actions increasing nuclear war risks.

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