And included in the plan that was announced in March was to allow the United States to sell the United States Navy to sell a minimum of three Virginia class submarines, which are nuclear powered, conventionally armed submarines, to the nation of Australia. … The US has never let go of one of these [nuclear-powered submarines] since the 1950s. … big decision by Congress to release as part of a sale one of the crown jewels of our national defense. And again, that was again passed with a strong bipartisan vote. (03:24–03:39)
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Asserts that the US has never sold its nuclear-powered submarines since the 1950s.
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