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On the recordMarch 21, 2018
In 2014, the Department released its strategy for CWMD, which outlined three end states: that no new actors possess WMD; that there be no WMD use; and that, should WMD be used, that there be a minimization of their effects, with associated objectives and lines of effort.
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Jim Langevin
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Overview of the Department of Defense's strategy for countering WMD.

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