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Ed Markey: “So what the administration is saying, then, is that you believe in a negotiated settlement of this issue of the…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
So what the administration is saying, then, is that you believe in a negotiated settlement of this issue of the development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles by North Korea, but thus far the administration has been unwilling to actually negotiate with North Korea.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions the administration's commitment to negotiate with North Korea on nuclear weapons.

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