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Mike Turner: “But now we have it the threat has been quicker to emerge, North Korea actually threatening the United States, and you…”

On the recordMay 7, 2013
But now we have it the threat has been quicker to emerge, North Korea actually threatening the United States, and you have cancelled the fourth phase of the phased adaptive approach, and you are opposing the east coast missile defense site, and you have cancelled the European forward-based Bush administration missiles, and we have no hedge.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner criticizes the administration's missile defense strategy amid North Korean threats.

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