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Ed Markey: “I think it is inadequate. I do not think it is, you know, going to actually have the kind of weight, force behind it…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
I think it is inadequate. I do not think it is, you know, going to actually have the kind of weight, force behind it that rejection of or conditioning of the China Civilian Nuclear Agreement would have.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the effectiveness of the China Civilian Nuclear Agreement.

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