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Ken Calvert: “According to news reports, Russia is moving forward to put…”

Featuring: Ken Calvert, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 41

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Hill & Valley Forum: Tom Mueller, Ken Calvert, Delian Asparouhov

Published | Video Starts at 08:00

China led the way, and obviously Russia has followed, and now we're obviously going to react to that. And so that horse has left the barn, obviously. According to news reports, Russia is moving forward to put apparently a one megaton bomb into low Earth orbit. And that's basically as blackmail against the world. Something happens that they don't agree to, that they would threaten to have that bomb go off. (08:00–08:09)

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