So one would imagine the example left by Lay might serve as a stark deterrent to an executive considering a similar path.

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For example, while McCain correctly stresses the need to maintain such a deterrent, he simultaneously endorses several initiatives seemingly adopted from the playbook of prominent proponents of de-nuclearization, including, notably, former Republican Secretaries of State George Shultz and Henry Kissinger, former Clinton Secretary of Defense William Perry, and former Democratic Senator Sam Nunn.

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