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Marco Rubio: “It seems to me like this idea, that we're going to somehow be able to pressure and/or convince them to abandon this…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2011
It seems to me like this idea, that we're going to somehow be able to pressure and/or convince them to abandon this program--the price of pressuring them seems like it's extraordinarily high, given the central importance that this has on their regime; I mean, on its very survival.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio highlights the difficulty of pressuring North Korea to abandon its nuclear program.

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