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Elissa Slotkin: “The Oppenheimer story, where that research and all that…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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'I Cannot, For The Life Of Me, Understand Two Decisions That Have Been Made...': Elissa Slotkin

Published | Video Starts at 00:17

And I am just keenly aware that unlike the nuclear race, right. Who can get to a nuclear weapon first? Right. The Oppenheimer story, where that research and all that funding and all that support and that development that went on in the middle of the desert to get us to a nuclear weapon was paid for by the US Government, Sponsored by the US Government, not a private sector company. And fast forward to today. The private sector is really where the just powerful innovation is happening. (00:17–00:35)

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