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Jim Webb: I actually held a hearing a couple of years ago on the--what I was calling the situational ethics in American foreign…

On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
I actually held a hearing a couple of years ago on the--what I was calling the situational ethics in American foreign policy where we tend to focus on different countries in different ways, depending on power relationships and economic relationships and where we really need to have a common standard.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb discusses inconsistencies in U.S. foreign policy towards different countries.

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