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On the recordMay 16, 2013
I can't thank Senator Isakson enough. Senator Scott has been with us at every step. But I want to let everybody in Georgia know that when it comes to the Savannah River site, we have worked as a team for years, and I just can't thank the Senator enough. Senator Chambliss is one of the leading national security experts in the Senate, and he has been intimately involved in the MOX program. My question for Senator Chambliss is, we have an agreement with the Russians; they will dispose of their 34 metric tons of excess plutonium--enough to create 17,000 warheads in Russia--and we have agreed to do the same. If we are seen to stop and not honor our commitment, what reaction does the Senator from Georgia think the Russians would have, and is it smart to delay this program in the times in which we live? I worry about the materials being compromised not so much in South Carolina and Georgia but very much in Russia. Could the Senator express his thoughts about that?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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