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Thad Cochran: “I am rising today almost as a preemptive debate against these criticisms which I expect will be made by some Senators.…”

On the recordJune 9, 2000
I am rising today almost as a preemptive debate against these criticisms which I expect will be made by some Senators. They will use Mr. Ted Postol from MIT as the authority for their arguments. So I wish to give the Senate some background, particularly in view of the New York Times article this morning as an example of merchandising, again, of a lot of these arguments that have been made by Mr. Postol.
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Addressing anticipated criticisms of the National Missile Defense System during appropriations bill debate.

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