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On the recordMarch 3, 2020
You know, as I watch the TV screen and knowing that, let's say, other countries are watching us, not all of whom are our friends, and they look at us having the discussion, and they are putting their chess pieces in their development, it kind of unnerves me a little bit that in our attempt to be, my word, honest brokers on both sides of the dais here, that we are being too predictable.
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Jack Bergman
Republican · Michigan

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Bergman expresses concern about U.S. predictability in military discussions affecting international relations.

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