James Traficant: “The Pentagon says China and Russia are engaged in a nuclear arms race.…”

On the recordApril 1, 1998

The Pentagon says China and Russia are engaged in a nuclear arms race. They say both China and Russia can hit every city in America with a ballistic missile. Now, if that is not enough to cause you to fall on your sword, the Pentagon further says Russia and China are doing this with American dollars. Unbelievable. Let us check this out. China gets $60 billion in MFN from Uncle Sam. Russia gets $15 billion in foreign aid from Uncle Sam. In exchange, Uncle Sam gets nuclear missiles pointed at our cities, two tape decks and three cases of vodka. Beam me up. I say our national security brain trust needs a proctologist on staff.

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James Traficant

Ohio

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Discussing U.S. foreign aid to China and Russia in relation to national security concerns.

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James Traficant: “The Pentagon says China and Russia are engaged in a nuclear arms race. They say both China and Russia can hit every city…”

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