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Rex Tillerson: “Sanctions, in my view, taken after the fact were not going to be adequate to deter that.”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
Sanctions, in my view, taken after the fact were not going to be adequate to deter that.
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Rex Tillerson

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Tillerson argues that sanctions alone were insufficient to prevent further Russian actions.

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