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On the recordMarch 8, 2017
It should be the policy of the United States to never allow North Korea to develop an ICBM with a warhead that could hit America.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham emphasizes the importance of preventing North Korea from developing ICBMs.

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