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Mark Esper: “While the price of deterrence and maintaining peace is high, the cost of fighting a war is much greater, and the cost of…”

On the recordMay 14, 2018
While the price of deterrence and maintaining peace is high, the cost of fighting a war is much greater, and the cost of fighting a war and losing it is even greater than that.
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Mark Esper

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Esper emphasizes the high costs of war compared to maintaining peace.

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