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Ted Kaufman: “I think there've been periods in our past when kind of saying the moral thing or the right thing to do was kind of like…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2009
I think there've been periods in our past when kind of saying the moral thing or the right thing to do was kind of like, 'Oh,' you know, 'you just don't get it.'
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Ted Kaufman
Delaware

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Kaufman emphasizes the importance of maintaining the moral high ground in U.S. foreign policy.

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