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Transcript: AVERTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM:ED ROYCE
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- Congressional Testimony
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- April 14, 2005
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Congressional Testimony
04-14-2005
Statement of Chairman Ed Royce Committee on House International Relations
Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation April 14,
2005 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House Subcommittee on International
Terrorism and Nonproliferation (ITNP) held a hearing on the challenges
of averting nuclear terrorism. ITNP Chairman U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA-40)
issued the following opening statement: ``A terrorist nuclear attack on
U.S. soil would likely take a devastating toll in lives and property, with
unimaginable consequences for the American economy and way of life. Terrorists
groups, primarily al Qaeda, but maybe others, are pursuing nuclear capabilities.
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