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On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
I think President Obama had courage, just as Nixon had courage to go to China, just as Reagan had courage to deal with Gorbachev, just as Bill Clinton and John Kerry and John McCain had courage to fight for normalization with Vietnam.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio praises past U.S. leaders for their courage in foreign policy.

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