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Brad Sherman: “Kim Jong Un's intentions are clear: He wants to be able to be accepted as a world nuclear power capable of threatening…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2017
Kim Jong Un's intentions are clear: He wants to be able to be accepted as a world nuclear power capable of threatening the United States.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman warns about North Korea's ambitions to be recognized as a nuclear power.

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