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Gary Peters: “My concern is that if we wait until a country like Iran, for example, develops missiles that threaten the Homeland, we…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
My concern is that if we wait until a country like Iran, for example, develops missiles that threaten the Homeland, we may be too late given that long timeline.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters expresses concern about delays in missile defense against threats from Iran.

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