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Brendan Boyle: If we learned nothing from history, that is something that we should have learned and relearned by now.

On the recordJuly 13, 2016
If we learned nothing from history, that is something that we should have learned and relearned by now.
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Brendan Boyle
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Boyle warns against rewarding Russian aggression based on historical lessons.

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