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On the recordJune 9, 2021
I believe that unilateral disarmament is certainly, you know, as a policy, idiotic because we don't have a support for our deterrence and certainly we have no bargaining chips when we meet with our adversaries.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner criticizes unilateral disarmament as detrimental to U.S. deterrence and negotiation power.

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