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Mike Turner: “The administration is saying the what-if is if this country is attacked by someone who is in compliance with the NPT…”

On the recordApril 14, 2010
The administration is saying the what-if is if this country is attacked by someone who is in compliance with the NPT, even if we're attacked with biological or chemical weapons, they would not use everything that we have in our arsenal that might be necessary in order to protect ourselves.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio
Source
govinfo.gov
Apr 14, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Speaker addresses concerns about U.S. defense policy regarding compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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