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On the recordApril 14, 2010
But usually I think and the American people think of the word ``assurance'' being something you give your friends and allies. And, in this instance, this is an assurance that the administration is giving to a nation that would be an attacker to our Nation, someone who is attacking us. That's not the circumstance of what I would think of assurance.
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Mike Turner
Republican · Ohio
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govinfo.gov
Apr 14, 2010

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Speaker addresses concerns about the administration's use of the term 'assurance' in foreign policy.

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