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Chris Smith: How seriously do we take that threat? Sanctions now have been levied, as they ought to be...

On the recordMarch 5, 2014
How seriously do we take that threat? Sanctions now have been levied, as they ought to be...
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith questions the seriousness of Russia's threat to abandon the U.S. dollar amid sanctions.

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