I would just like to say in response to my friends that my amendment will correct a bipartisan error and, second, that you can't destroy a missile system that doesn't work. I will just conclude by saying that Philip Coyle, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense, has said the national missile defense system has become a theology in the United States, not a technology. We may have faith that it works, but we are taught that we have to justify our faith by good works. They don't have any good works connected to this.
Dennis Kucinich: “I would just like to say in response to my friends that my amendment will correct a bipartisan error and, second, that…”
On the recordFebruary 18, 2011
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Kucinich addresses concerns about the effectiveness of the national missile defense system.
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