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David Cicilline: “It was an invitation to do it and that undermined national security interests of this country.”

On the recordOctober 22, 2019
It was an invitation to do it and that undermined national security interests of this country.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline argues that the President's actions invited Turkish aggression, harming U.S. national security.

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