The Brookings Institution estimated that a detonated weapon of mass destruction at any one of our ports could cost the American economy a trillion dollars.
Frank Lautenberg: “The Brookings Institution estimated that a detonated weapon of mass destruction at any one of our ports could cost the…”
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Lautenberg cites potential economic losses from a terrorist attack on ports.
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