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Bob Menendez: “Your comment was to Wendy Sherman and David Cohen, 'So what you are really saying is that this is a very blunt…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
Your comment was to Wendy Sherman and David Cohen, 'So what you are really saying is that this is a very blunt instrument which risk adverse reaction as opposed to a calculated effort.'
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez recalls a past statement criticizing sanctions as blunt instruments.

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