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On the recordJune 6, 2000
I am not going to single out the Foreign Relations chairman, but I make the following observation. That is, this is the law of the land. We are giving the opportunity to the next President to do the necessary studies. Supposing President Clinton took such actions, which under the Constitution I presume he can--except that the law is pretty explicit here, unless it is repealed--and laid down a set of numbers which the next President, whomever it may be, finds unacceptable after he does the requisite studies, not only of the nuclear posture but also the conventional. You have to do them together. Then what happens? The next President is faced with the dilemma of trying to refute what President Clinton did. That would be the worst of both worlds.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing the implications of presidential actions on nuclear and conventional military posture.

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