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Max Baucus: I think it's very unwise. Get ratchet up the rhetoric to a point we're getting too close to the tripping point where…

On the recordAugust 7, 2017
I think it's very unwise. Get ratchet up the rhetoric to a point we're getting too close to the tripping point where something disastrous might happen.
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Max Baucus
Democratic · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Baucus expresses concern about the escalating rhetoric between the U.S. and North Korea, suggesting it could lead to disaster.

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