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On the recordJuly 9, 2020
Lenin once said: You probe with bayonets. If you find mush, you proceed. If you find steel, you withdraw.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger emphasizes the need for strength against Putin's probing actions.

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