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On the recordJuly 28, 2014
But at the end of the day--you know, we hear this, 'Well, let's not make the perfect the enemy of the good.' But at the end of the day, North Korea has got nuclear weapons and we can't do a darn thing about it.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Perry expresses concern over the effectiveness of negotiations with North Korea and Iran regarding nuclear weapons.

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