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Mike Turner: “There were 80,000 troops that constituted an invasion-ready force.”

On the recordApril 7, 2014
There were 80,000 troops that constituted an invasion-ready force.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio

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Turner discusses the mobilization of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border.

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