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Ed Markey: We have to make it as part of a program that says: You do not have an inherent right to these civilian nuclear power…

On the recordOctober 30, 2013
We have to make it as part of a program that says: You do not have an inherent right to these civilian nuclear power plants.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey argues against Iran's right to civilian nuclear power to prevent weaponization.

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