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Mike Lee: “Typically, Anderson, we use treaties to deal with international relations, to deal with the law of nations acting on the…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2012
Typically, Anderson, we use treaties to deal with international relations, to deal with the law of nations acting on the world scene. This deals with a lot of issues that are distinctively domestic in nature.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Senator Lee discusses the nature of treaties and their relevance to domestic issues.

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