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Sam Farr: “History has shown us what we can get by retreating into a defensive, isolationist crouch.”

On the recordMarch 15, 2017
History has shown us what we can get by retreating into a defensive, isolationist crouch.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Warning against isolationism and its historical consequences.

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