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On the recordJuly 31, 2012
If we stand for anything as a country, then we would have an obligation to declare those sorts of acts of a magnitude that we would not recognize the validity of that government.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Webb emphasizes the U.S. obligation to respond to severe government actions.

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