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Barack Obama: The long-term consequences of allowing Russia to engage in this type of destabilizing activity is going to carry with it…

On the recordApril 25, 2014
The long-term consequences of allowing Russia to engage in this type of destabilizing activity is going to carry with it its own economic costs.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes

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