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Ronald Dellums: “I would just say let us accept the efficacy of the gentleman's argument that the Russians are bad guys. If they are…”

On the recordMay 15, 1996
I would just say let us accept the efficacy of the gentleman's argument that the Russians are bad guys. If they are, then those are the very people we want to help dismantle the weapons, so I accept the gentleman's argument and come to a very different conclusion.
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Ronald Dellums
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S. policy towards Russia and weapons dismantlement.

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