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Ed Markey: We had to test it, but we had a moral responsibility to test it and to trust, but verify, as Ronald Reagan said.

On the recordOctober 2, 2013
We had to test it, but we had a moral responsibility to test it and to trust, but verify, as Ronald Reagan said.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey references Reagan's approach to nuclear arms control in relation to Iran.

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