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Jeff Merkley: “Part of the point was to have forces that could survive an initial attack.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
Part of the point was to have forces that could survive an initial attack.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley explains the rationale behind maintaining a nuclear triad.

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