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Charles Rangel: “I mean, the way I look at it, if European or Israel, you are our only friends, and the rest of it we have to play with…”

On the recordJune 19, 2012
I mean, the way I look at it, if European or Israel, you are our only friends, and the rest of it we have to play with China and with Russia to see what those people that are a threat to the entire world, that we have to ask them, which side are you on, which side is Russia on when we are talking about terrorists and the security of the United States, which side are they on?
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Rangel discusses the complexities of U.S. relationships with allies and adversaries.

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