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Pat Roberts: Why do we not adopt a policy, instead of taking a Brillo pad to the issue verbally, and simply smother our friends with…

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
Why do we not adopt a policy, instead of taking a Brillo pad to the issue verbally, and simply smother our friends with the milk of human kindness and reason and maybe we would not get into some of these issues that make the press and make our job a lot more difficult.
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

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Roberts suggests a kinder approach to international relations to avoid complications.

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