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Mark Warner: “I listened carefully as my colleague from Michigan recited his argument. But I come back to his opening statement that…”

On the recordMay 23, 1996
I listened carefully as my colleague from Michigan recited his argument. But I come back to his opening statement that this would make us ``less secure.'' We have nothing from which to go to a lesser security today, in terms of our ability tomorrow or tonight to interdict a stray, unintentional missile, or indeed one fired by a terrorist at the United States. Can we agree on that point?
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing national security and missile defense during a Senate debate.

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