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On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
The second thing I asked was, what does he want? Why is he doing this? The answer was regime survival, I think you have all testified to that, and his personal survival.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King highlights the motivations behind Kim Jong-un's actions.

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