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Ed Markey: So a preventive strike strategy in your opinion leads more likely to miscalculation and accidental nuclear war.

On the recordMarch 28, 2017
So a preventive strike strategy in your opinion leads more likely to miscalculation and accidental nuclear war.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey warns that preventive strikes could result in unintended nuclear conflict.

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