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Jeanne Shaheen: I think you point out that what we have done is we have let the American people think that we can do these kinds of…

On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
I think you point out that what we have done is we have let the American people think that we can do these kinds of interventions without any cost to America, and that is a dangerous precedent to set.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen emphasizes the need to acknowledge the costs of military interventions.

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