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Jack Reed: “Our response to the North Korean situation has been to refer it to the United Nations, our response to the Iraq…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2003
Our response to the North Korean situation has been to refer it to the United Nations, our response to the Iraq situation has been to, we hope, encourage the United Nations enforcement but prepare to go it alone.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
congress.gov
Feb 13, 2003

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Senator Reed contrasts U.S. responses to North Korea and Iraq.

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