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Kirsten Gillibrand: “My concern is that we have a lot of assets now moved to the region in response to the threats in order to be prudent…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
My concern is that we have a lot of assets now moved to the region in response to the threats in order to be prudent, but part of our military exercises in the region may well exacerbate the type of response that we have gotten from North Korea.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand expresses concern about military exercises escalating tensions with North Korea.

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