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Chris Coons: “We need to be reassuring our allies, not threatening to abandon them.”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
We need to be reassuring our allies, not threatening to abandon them.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Coons emphasizes the importance of U.S. alliances.

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