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Ed Markey: It was an escalation of rhetoric that then could be used, unfortunately, by those that would think that nuclear weapons…

On the recordSeptember 27, 2016
It was an escalation of rhetoric that then could be used, unfortunately, by those that would think that nuclear weapons are usable.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey warns about the dangers of escalating rhetoric leading to nuclear weapon use.

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