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Roger Wicker: “We have to go back to establishing the same deterrence that we practiced during the Cold War in my view.”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
We have to go back to establishing the same deterrence that we practiced during the Cold War in my view.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker calls for a return to Cold War deterrence strategies against Russia.

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