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Mac Thornberry: “It seems to me if we end up with 500 nuclear weapons and country A has a couple hundred, that all the incentive in the…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
It seems to me if we end up with 500 nuclear weapons and country A has a couple hundred, that all the incentive in the world is for them to catch us.
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Mac Thornberry
Texas

Editor's note · Context

Thornberry expresses concern over significant cuts to the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

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