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Frank Lautenberg: The Brookings Institution estimated that a detonated weapon of mass destruction at any one of our ports could cost the…

On the recordJuly 20, 2010
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.
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

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Lautenberg cites potential economic losses from a terrorist attack on ports.

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