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Jeff Flake: “I was glad to see the President signed the Russia bill today. I think he was kind of pushed into it but I was glad to…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2017
I was glad to see the President signed the Russia bill today. I think he was kind of pushed into it but I was glad to see him sign it.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Flake expresses relief that Trump signed the Russia sanctions bill, acknowledging the pressure on the President to do so.

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