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On the recordMay 24, 2016
There was only one reason that you would be developing an intercontinental ballistic missile capability, and that is to deliver a nuclear weapon, and it would be against American families.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Wilson emphasizes the threat of Iran's missile development to American safety.

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