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Ed Markey: The Libya model, as Kim Jong Un has been interpreting it, is that it is one where the leader of the country surrenders…

On the recordMay 23, 2018
The Libya model, as Kim Jong Un has been interpreting it, is that it is one where the leader of the country surrenders their nuclear capability, only to then be overthrown and killed.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey explains Kim Jong Un's fear of following the Libya model due to Gaddafi's fate.

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