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Mike Turner: “The basic bargain is sound: Countries with nuclear weapons will move towards disarmament, countries without nuclear…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
The basic bargain is sound: Countries with nuclear weapons will move towards disarmament, countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire them, and all countries can access peaceful nuclear energy.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner discusses the U.S. obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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