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Hillary Clinton: It poses a national security threat in two ways: it undermines our capacity to act in our own interests, and it does…

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
It poses a national security threat in two ways: it undermines our capacity to act in our own interests, and it does constrain us where constraint may be undesirable.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton outlines how the deficit affects U.S. interests and actions.

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