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On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
How many nuclear weapons does the United States need to maintain to convince China not to seek strategic equivalence?
Said by
John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the necessary U.S. nuclear arsenal to deter China.

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