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Brad Sherman: How do we get a mutual defense agreement with Japan instead of a one-sided one where we have to defend them, and they…

On the recordMay 22, 2018
How do we get a mutual defense agreement with Japan instead of a one-sided one where we have to defend them, and they don't do anything for us, except help defend themselves?
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman questions the fairness of the U.S.-Japan defense relationship.

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