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Jim DeMint: “The idea that we are agreeing to a treaty that binds us to not defend ourselves against nuclear missiles takes us back…”

On the recordApril 28, 2010
The idea that we are agreeing to a treaty that binds us to not defend ourselves against nuclear missiles takes us back 30 years to a mutually assured destruction strategy.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

DeMint criticizes the START Treaty for limiting U.S. missile defense against Russia.

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