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On the recordApril 29, 1998
With all due respect, what happened, whether the Senator agrees with the policy or not, the Secretary of State, the National Security Adviser, and their designees got on a plane, and they flew to Paris, and they flew to London, and they flew to Madrid, and they flew to Bonn, and they flew to Berlin, and they flew all over, and they met individually with the governments, not in Brussels.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing diplomatic efforts and meetings with various governments.

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