U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld defended Israel’s assumed nuclear stockpile. Speaking at the Munich Conference on Security Policy on Saturday, Rumsfeld suggested Israel needs atomic weapons because it is a small state with a small population.
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