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On the recordMarch 5, 2013
We have a nuclear arsenal that is going to cost about three-quarters of a trillion dollars this next 10 years, and much of it is directed towards the threats of the Cold War and the former Soviet Union, long after that ceased to exist.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

He highlights the outdated focus of U.S. nuclear arsenal spending.

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