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Jack Reed: “It was unprecedented and outrageous. So, the President of the United States on foreign soil standing next to a Russian…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2018
It was unprecedented and outrageous. So, the President of the United States on foreign soil standing next to a Russian autocrat, undercutting his own intelligence service, the men and women who risk their lives to protect this nation, and at the same time essentially defending the Russian autocrat.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed condemned President Trump's behavior during the summit with Putin.

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