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Lost in the calls throughout the past 24 hours for Herman Cain to respond to new details surrounding allegations that he sexually harassed employees during his time as president of the National Restaurant Association were a number of policy statements that in an ordinary week would have raised eyebrows among political watchers.

Perhaps most significant was Cain's suggestion in an interview Monday that China was a threat to American interests because of its attempts to develop nuclear weapons, despite the nation having been a nuclear power since the 1960s.

"They're a military threat," Cain said on PBS. "They've indicated that they're trying to develop nuclear capability and they want to develop more aircraft carriers like we have. So yes, we have to consider them a military threat."

Cain addressed the issue again Wednesday at a technology forum outside of Washington, clarifying his comments to say that the country was "testing to improve their nuclear arsenal" but maintaining that he saw the country as a major "national security threat."

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