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Chris Coons: Yes, the Obama administration tried this approach in our first term. But 2017 is not 2009.

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
Yes, the Obama administration tried this approach in our first term. But 2017 is not 2009.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons reflects on the differences between past and present U.S.-Russia relations.

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