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Bennie Thompson: “It is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used somewhere in the world by the end of 2013.”

On the recordJuly 25, 2011
It is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used somewhere in the world by the end of 2013.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson references a bipartisan commission's warning about WMD use.

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