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Jeanne Shaheen: “We want our allies on the ground to know they can rely on us. We want our enemies to fear us.”

On the recordNovember 30, 2016
We want our allies on the ground to know they can rely on us. We want our enemies to fear us.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen stresses the importance of U.S. reliability to allies and deterrence of enemies.

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