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On the recordDecember 4, 2017
over 90 percent of binding international agreements that the United States has made for decades are made through other processes, what we call executive agreements.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker highlights the prevalence of executive agreements over traditional treaties.

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