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Steve Watkins: “A credible deterrent and a maximum pressure campaign is far more effective.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2020
A credible deterrent and a maximum pressure campaign is far more effective.
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Steve Watkins
Republican · Kansas

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Watkins argues that a strong deterrent strategy is more effective than appeasement.

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