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On the recordJune 16, 2010
What beneficial geopolitical developments have taken place in the interim that compel reductions in the United States nuclear arsenal down to 700 deployed strategic nuclear delivery vehicles?
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Questioning the rationale behind reducing the nuclear arsenal to 700 delivery vehicles.

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That must be a different form of math

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