Obama: Concerned about nuclear weapon in Manhattan
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In a news conference in the Hague on Tuesday, President Obama said that he was more concerned about a nuclear explosion in Manhattan than what Russia is doing territorially to its neighbors.
In his response to a long, involved question from ABC's Jon Karl, about Russia, the president rebuked former presidential candidate Mitt Romney's prior assertion that Russia was the U.S.'s most pressing adversary.
"Russia's actions are a problem. They don't pose the number one national security threat to the United States. I continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan," said Obama. "Which is part of the reason why the United States showing its continued international leadership has organized a forum over the last several years that's been able to eliminate that threat in a consistent way."
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