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Darrell Issa: “The worst thing we could do is overreact. Right now, the world understands that North Korea's a rogue nation. They've…”

On the recordJuly 3, 2006
The worst thing we could do is overreact. Right now, the world understands that North Korea's a rogue nation. They've exported their missile technology up until now. We need to make sure that they don't continue to develop it. We need to make sure they continue to be isolated.
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California

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Issa emphasizes the importance of not overreacting to North Korea's missile tests and the need for continued isolation of the regime.

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