Without such accountability, any agreement would be empty words on a page.

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Peter, I believe we share a pretty big page since I do in fact believe the middle class will survive only if greed is tempered with accountability and only if we fund the programs necessary to build men and women who have a strong sense of their value because their education, training and experience has made them valuable.

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That includes accountability for those that break the rules -- otherwise the NPT is just words on a page.

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