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On the recordJuly 20, 2010
The Brookings Institution estimated that a detonated weapon of mass destruction at an American port could cost $1 trillion to the national economy.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

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Hutchison warns about the catastrophic economic impact of a potential attack on U.S. ports.

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