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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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