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On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
American leaders forced their stellar military commanders to fight with two hands and a leg tied behind their backs. Vladimir Putin gets it. He may be a thug, as he was recently described, but he knows how to identify a national objective, execute a military plan, and ultimately prevail.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen critiques rhetoric that undermines U.S military efforts compared to Russia's actions.

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