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Joe Courtney: “Nothing in this agreement takes the military alternative off the table for this Congress or this country today, or 15…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2015
Nothing in this agreement takes the military alternative off the table for this Congress or this country today, or 15 years from today.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney emphasizes that military options remain available despite the agreement.

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