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Leon Panetta: The President immediately agreed to going into a summit without any kind of preparation or discussion about what the…

On the recordMay 24, 2018
The President immediately agreed to going into a summit without any kind of preparation or discussion about what the North Koreans were prepared to negotiate.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Panetta critiques the President for not preparing adequately for the summit with North Korea.

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