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Jeff Merkley: “What are the forms of lethal military assistance that would best serve our goals of supporting the Ukrainian Government…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2017
What are the forms of lethal military assistance that would best serve our goals of supporting the Ukrainian Government while not provoking, if you will, Russian escalation?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the type of military assistance to support Ukraine without escalating tensions.

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