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Ted Poe: “In 2008 the Russians invade the Republic of Georgia, take one-third of their territory, and the West basically said…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
In 2008 the Russians invade the Republic of Georgia, take one-third of their territory, and the West basically said that's not nice, you shouldn't do it.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe recounts the West's inadequate response to Russian aggression over the years.

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