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Jim DeMint: “There's maybe a degree of naivete in our State Department, that our friendliness and willingness to trust is seen in…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
There's maybe a degree of naivete in our State Department, that our friendliness and willingness to trust is seen in many parts of the world as weakness.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

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DeMint critiques the perception of U.S. foreign policy as weak due to its friendly approach.

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