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John Kerry: Every one of us remembers Ronald Reagan's maxim when he was negotiating with the Soviet Union, 'Trust but verify.' But…

On the recordDecember 9, 2013
Every one of us remembers Ronald Reagan's maxim when he was negotiating with the Soviet Union, 'Trust but verify.' But we have a new one, 'Test but verify.'
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kerry introduces a new principle for negotiations, emphasizing the need for testing agreements.

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