The most significant threat facing America today is the risk of being attacked with Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Although the Soviet Union has fallen and the threat of large-scale nuclear and chemical attacks have been diminished another threat has arisen. This threat is an attack from smaller nations that are angry with and/or have a "score to settle" with the United States. These countries are now capable of buying and/or researching nuclear …showed first 75 words of 1643 total…

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