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Ed Markey: “Nuclear weapons are for deterrence, not warfighting. Launching nuclear weapons first would be an unprecedented act of…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
Nuclear weapons are for deterrence, not warfighting. Launching nuclear weapons first would be an unprecedented act of aggression and war.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes that nuclear weapons should deter, not initiate conflict.

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