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Jack Reed: “I believe today the submarine force is our indisputable leverage over any potential adversary in the Pacific.”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
I believe today the submarine force is our indisputable leverage over any potential adversary in the Pacific.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed highlights the strategic importance of submarines in the Pacific.

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