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Jim Himes: “This was a sort of bizarre moment in history when the president of the United States for the first time in our history…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2017
This was a sort of bizarre moment in history when the president of the United States for the first time in our history wouldn't stand up against a clearly antagonistic power.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes reflects on the unusual situation of a U.S. president not opposing an adversarial leader.

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