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Mike Turner: “Do you agree with Secretary Gates' statement that with the continued development of long-range missiles and potentially…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
Do you agree with Secretary Gates' statement that with the continued development of long-range missiles and potentially a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile and their continued development of nuclear weapons, North Korea is in the process of becoming a direct threat to the United States?
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner questions the threat posed by North Korea's missile development.

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