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John Kerry: He either simply hasn't read the treaty or doesn't understand it or he was just not factual in what he said, because the…

On the recordDecember 4, 2012
He either simply hasn't read the treaty or doesn't understand it or he was just not factual in what he said, because the United States has absolutely zero, zero -- I mean zero -- ability, to order or to tell or to -- I mean, they can suggest, but they have no legal capacity to tell the United States to do anything under this treaty. Nothing.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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John Kerry counters Rick Santorum's claims about the treaty's implications for U.S. sovereignty.

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