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On the recordMarch 7, 2012
I would like to spend some time exploring the idea of reversibility and the strange notion that we can just turn fundamental national security programs off and then turn them back on without assuming an unacceptable level of risk and incurring tremendous costs.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner critiques the idea of easily reversing national security program decisions.

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