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Gary Peters: “In America politics stops at the water's edge.”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
In America politics stops at the water's edge.
Said by
Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Peters highlights the importance of unity in foreign policy.

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