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Eliot Engel: “I remember being in North Korea many years ago as a North Korean high government official said to us: Saddam Hussein…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2018
I remember being in North Korea many years ago as a North Korean high government official said to us: Saddam Hussein didn't have nuclear weapons, and look where he is now.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel recalls a past statement highlighting North Korea's view on nuclear weapons.

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