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W. Todd Akin: “So the bottom line should be about U.S. security. I mean, that's what we should be focused on. Yet how does it get us…”

On the recordApril 14, 2010
So the bottom line should be about U.S. security. I mean, that's what we should be focused on. Yet how does it get us more security if we reduce our nuclear capabilities and other nations than become encouraged to increase theirs?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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govinfo.gov
Apr 14, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing U.S. nuclear capabilities and national security.

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