Mike Turner said "I don't seem to recall a great and abiding concern each time the U.S. builds an aircraft carrier, only a nuclear weapon." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 31, 2012

I don't seem to recall a great and abiding concern each time the U.S. builds an aircraft carrier, only a nuclear weapon.

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Turner questions why nuclear weapons receive more scrutiny than conventional military builds.

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