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Mike Turner: “The premise of, if the United States was restrained, that the world would be restrained, is dangerously not true.”

On the recordApril 20, 2021
The premise of, if the United States was restrained, that the world would be restrained, is dangerously not true.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Turner argues against the belief that U.S. restraint would lead to global disarmament.

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