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There are also a number of items in this bill that concern me that are not related to submarines. These include the bill's excessive emphasis on a national missile defense or star wars system; the gutting of the bipartisan Nunn-Lugar plan which reduces the nuclear threat by dismantling the weapons of our former Soviet enemies; the prohibition on choice for female soldiers, and the majority's decision to abrogate the ABM Treaty.

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