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Ami Bera: “North Korea is not going to back down and become nonnuclear. They see this as their only negotiating leverage.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2017
North Korea is not going to back down and become nonnuclear. They see this as their only negotiating leverage.
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Ami Bera
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Bera asserts that North Korea views its nuclear capabilities as essential for negotiation.

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