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Eliot Engel: “A freeze, as one of my colleagues said, legitimizes the North Korean nuclear weapons program.”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2017
A freeze, as one of my colleagues said, legitimizes the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel argues against freezing North Korea's nuclear program as it legitimizes their weapons.

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