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Eliot Engel: “I think, if Putin continues to push Ukraine around and threaten other countries and NATO is not a sufficient deterrent…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
I think, if Putin continues to push Ukraine around and threaten other countries and NATO is not a sufficient deterrent, we are sort of sending the word to Putin that we are really a paper tiger.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel expresses concern over NATO's deterrence against Putin's aggression.

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