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Leon Panetta: “It just -- it strikes me that what the chairman was trying to do perhaps was to try to send a wake-up call to both the…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2024
It just -- it strikes me that what the chairman was trying to do perhaps was to try to send a wake-up call to both the Speaker and his Republican colleagues, that Russia still remains very much a threat to the United States.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Leon Panetta discusses the implications of Mike Turner's statement regarding Russian military capabilities and its potential impact on national security.

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