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Chris Smith: “What is the contingency plan? Sure, we want sanctions. We want to cripple the economy.”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2017
What is the contingency plan? Sure, we want sanctions. We want to cripple the economy.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the U.S. strategy if sanctions do not work against North Korea.

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