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I want to record my strong conviction that the risks entailed by nuclear weapons are far too great to leave the prospects of their elimination solely within the province with governments.

- Gen Lee Butler, USAF 1961-94.(Commander-in-Chief of United States Strategic Command. Planning and operational responsibilities for all U.S. strategic nuclear forces.

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Today in Military History

January 11

1902:

Canadian Field Hospital concentrates at Halifax in preparation for departure to South Africa.

1942:

Soviet troops reopn narrow supply corridor to beseiged Leningrad

1957:

HMCS Magnificent arrives in Port Said with the main body of the Canadian contribution in troops and materiel to the United Nations Emergency Force controlling the Israeli-Egyptian border.

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