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James Jeffrey: “We would do everything short of military force to try to hold off a Turkish incursion or Turkish military action against…”

On the recordOctober 22, 2019
We would do everything short of military force to try to hold off a Turkish incursion or Turkish military action against them.
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James Jeffrey

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Jeffrey explains U.S. commitments to Kurdish allies without military intervention.

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