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George H.W. Bush: “More importantly, these reductions will be designed to make a first strike less plausible.”

On the recordMay 31, 1990
More importantly, these reductions will be designed to make a first strike less plausible.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Soviet-United States Joint Statement on the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Arms

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