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John Kerry: If you cannot make diplomacy work, if you cannot succeed in putting together a protocol that they have to follow--by…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
If you cannot make diplomacy work, if you cannot succeed in putting together a protocol that they have to follow--by which they live, which guarantees they will not have a weapon--that is your sort of last resort.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kerry emphasizes military action as a last resort if diplomacy fails.

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