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Bob Menendez: The last time U.S.-Russia relations were this bad, Kennedy was President and Khrushchev had nuclear missiles pointed at…

On the recordMay 16, 2023
The last time U.S.-Russia relations were this bad, Kennedy was President and Khrushchev had nuclear missiles pointed at us from Cuba.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez compares current U.S.-Russia relations to the Cold War era.

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