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Brad Sherman: “You think the regime would give up its nuclear program, even if they said, well, we can survive these sanctions, but we…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2017
You think the regime would give up its nuclear program, even if they said, well, we can survive these sanctions, but we care so much about our people that we are going to--we care about our GDP, we might----
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman questions the likelihood of North Korea giving up its nuclear program under sanctions.

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