Jack Reed: “You would be back into the nuclear arms race of the 1950s, 1960s, and…”

On the recordJune 16, 2010

You would be back into the nuclear arms race of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

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Reed warns about a potential return to a nuclear arms race due to Russian defenses.

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Jack Reed: “You would be back into the nuclear arms race of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.”