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On the recordMarch 17, 1999
I wish to make very clear, at the end of this colloquy, page 2 of the bill: It is the policy of the United States to deploy as soon as is technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate). It is simply a system constrained to those particular threats. I think the Senator said those same threats face other nations, notably Russia and China. It seems to me in the common interest that this go forward.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing the National Missile Defense system during Senate floor debate.

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