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Ed Markey: But it has to be partnered with crippling economic sanctions by China on the North Koreans, and that is not happening.

On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
But it has to be partnered with crippling economic sanctions by China on the North Koreans, and that is not happening.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey stresses the need for China to enforce sanctions on North Korea.

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