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Chris Murphy: “There are undoubtedly plenty of examples in which diplomacy has gone wrong, in which we signed a deal that did not work…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
There are undoubtedly plenty of examples in which diplomacy has gone wrong, in which we signed a deal that did not work out for the best interests of American national security.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy discusses historical failures of diplomacy while advocating for successful agreements.

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