Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and 32 of his colleagues sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Sept. 8 arguing that the United States should no longer adhere to the provisions of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, while announcing their intention to stop funding the Treaty Organization’s international system to detect underground tests. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il offered the best rebuttal to this ill-considered Republican initiative the following day by carrying out another test.

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