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On the recordApril 25, 2017
I seriously felt like I could have gotten all that information by reading a newspaper. I did not see any new information coming out of that briefing at all. It felt more like a dog and pony show to me than anything else.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Senator Duckworth expresses her disappointment with the lack of new information from the White House briefing on North Korea.

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