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Ten Years Later: Where Do We Stand?
As our nation looked back ten years in remembrance of the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, many commentators reflected on two questions: have our efforts made us safer, and how much work is left to be done? Read more »
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Posted by Megan Murphy on September 12, 2011
Al-Qaeda, Alexandra Toma, Chuck Hagel, Government, Nuclear Weapons, Osama bin Laden, September 11th, U.S. Department of Energy, war, Nuclear Terrorism, United States
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