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Martin Hoke: “I wanted just to confirm what we have discussed earlier with respect to the ballistic missile defense that is so…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 1996
I wanted just to confirm what we have discussed earlier with respect to the ballistic missile defense that is so important to the national security of our country, and that even though we have obviously lost this opportunity to build that up in this bill, that it is the intention of the Committee on National Security to move forward as one of its top priorities to have hearings on a national missile defense system and do that in the second term of the 104th Congress.
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Martin Hoke
Republican · Ohio

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Discussing the importance of ballistic missile defense and future hearings on the topic.

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